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Genus ALSEONAX, Cab. 

 Alseonax latirostris {Raffles). 



Butalis latirostris, 2«C2. J!/. O. 1872, p. 447 ; 1873, taf. i. fig. IG ; id. 



Faune Orn. Sibdr. Orient, p. 467 (1891). 

 Alseouax latirostris, Skarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 127 (1879) ; Odfe.i, 



Fauna Brit. Ltd., Birds, ii. p. 35 (1890) ; Nvhrk. Kat. Eiersanuiil. 



p. 24 (1899) ; Sharpe, Kand-l. iii. p. 206 (1901). 

 Muscicapa latirostris, Seebohm, Birds Japan. Emp. p. 62 (1890). 



The eggs of the Siberian Brown Plj'catcher in the Collection are 

 of a blunt oval form and moderately glossy. They are of a very 

 pale green colour, and whereas two specimens are quite plain, two 

 others are mottled, chiefly round the broad end, with pale rufous, 

 M'hile in four others the mottling is scarcely visible. They measure 

 respectively : -68 by -5 ; -67 by -5 ; •? by -56 ; -69 by -55 ; -61 

 by -5 ; -63 by -5 • -61 by -5 ; -61 by -49. 



2. Hondo, Japan, 20th May. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Hondo, 20th May. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Hondo, 2oth May. W. Radclitie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Alseonax muttiii {Layard). 



Alseonax muttui, Sharpv, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 132 (1879) ; id. Hand-L 

 iii. p. 207 (1901) ; Gates, Fajcna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 36 (1890) ; 

 Stuart Baker, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Sue. ix. p. 126 (1894). 



Three eggs of Layard's Flycatcher are of a regular oval form, 

 with a very little amount of gloss. The ground is very pale stono- 

 colour, and is freckled all over with light brick-red. The measure- 

 ments are : "70 by "55 ; -GS by "58 ; '75 by '59. 



3. Margherita, Assam, 20th March. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus BEADYORNIS, Smith. 



Bradyornis infuscatus {Smith). 

 (riate VII. fig. 6.) 



Saxicola infuscata, Sharpe, ed. Layardh Birds S. Africa, p. 233 (1875- 

 84) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 406 (1881). 



Bradyornis infuscatus, Sharpe, ed. Lai/ard's Birds S. Africa, p. 844 ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 22 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 208 

 (1901) ; Stark S^- Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 237 (1901). 



Four eggs of the South African AVood-Shrike are of a regular oval 

 form and moderately glossy. They are pale blue, speckled and 

 spotted, somewhat densely at the broad end and sparingly else- 

 where, with pale reddish brown and lilac. They measure respec- 

 tively : -93 by 7 ; '9 by -65 ; -9 by -65 ; -94 by -66. 



2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



2. C&Y\e Co\on\ {T. Atmore: Tristram Crowlev "Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



