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The eggs of the Scarlet-breasted Robin are of a broad oval form, 

 occasionally approaching the spherical, and they have a faint gloss. 

 They are of a greenish-white colour, marked with umber-brown, 

 yellowish brown, and underlying lavender. The markings vary in 

 size from specks to small blotches, and they are dense at the broad 

 end, where they often form a caj) or irregular zone. Examples 

 measure from '69 to -74 in length, and from "55 to -6 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Crowley Bequest. 



2. West Auatvalia, 12th Sept. Gould Coll. 

 1. New South Wales {E. P. Rmnsay), Gould Coll. 

 1. New South Wales, 31st Aug. Gould Coll. 



{E. P. R.). 

 1. Ashfield, N.S.W. {E. P.Ramsay : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F.A.Pliilbrick,Esq.,K.C.[P.]. 



3. Gippsland, 9th Nov. {A. J. North). Crowley Bequest, 



3. Grampians, Victoria, Nov. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. Grampians, Victoria, Nov. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2. Tasmania [E. D. Atkinson). Crowley Bequest. 



Petrceca phcenicea, Gould. 



(Plate VII. fig. 11.) 



Petroica phcenicea, Gould, llandb. Birds Austr. i. p. 282 (1865). 

 Petrceca phcenicea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 166 (1879); North, 



Nests Sf E(/ys Austr. Birds, p. 104 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamvil. 



p. 24 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^- Eyys Austr. Birds, i. p. 136 (1901) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 220 (1901). 



The eggs of the Elame-breasted Robin in the Collection closely 

 resemble those of P. ler/gei. Examples measure from '69 to '77 

 in length, and from '53 to "6 in breadth. 



2. Tasmania (E. D. Atkinson). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Tasmania, 13th Oct. Gould Coll. 



3. Table Cape, Tasmania, Nov. {A. J. Crowley Bequest. 



North). 



2. Victoria. Govt, of Victoria [P.]. 



1. Victoria. Govt, of Victoria [ P.]. 



2. Gippsland, Victoria, lOtli Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. North). 



Petrceca multicolor (Gm.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 12.) 



Petroica erythrogastra, Gould, Handh. Birds Austr. ii., App. p. 526 



(1865). 

 Petrceca multicolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 168 (1879) ; Crow- 

 foot, Ibis, 1885, p. 270 ; North, Nests Sf Eyys Austr. Birds, p. 410 



(1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 220 (1901). 



The eggs of the Norfolk Island Robin are of a somewhat elongated 

 oval form, and they possess a small amount of gloss. They are 



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