262 MTTSCICAriD^E. 



shape and of a size quite out of proportion to the size of the bird, 

 which has the wing only 2*7 inches in length. 



1. Nelson, New Zealand {W. F, Crowley Boquest. 



Hoivlett: Tristram Coll.). 



Petrceca macrocephala (Gm.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. IG.) 



Petr(i!ca macrocephala, Potts, Trans. N.Z. Inst. ii. p. 59 (1869) ; iii. p. 76 

 (1870); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 176 (1879); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 25 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 222 (1901 )._ 



Myiomoira macrocephala, Bidler, Birds Neio Zeal. 2nA ed. i. p. 42 



(1888). 



Eggs of the New Zealand South-Island Robin are of a broad oval 

 shape and devoid of gloss. They are white, speckled with pale 

 brown and lavender. Four examples measure respectively : -7 by 

 •56 ; -69 by -57 ; '77 by -58 ; -74 by -58. 



2. Otago, New Zealand, 21st Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



{E. P. Seymour). 

 2. Port Chalmers, New Zealand, 23rd Crowley Bequest. 

 Oct. {E. P. S.). 



PetrcBca vittata {Q. c}- &'.). 

 (Plate YII. figs. 17 & 18.) 



Amaurodryas vittata, Gould, Handh. Birds Austr. i. p. 286 (1865) ; North, 



Nests'^- E(/!/s Austr. Birds, p. 106 (1889). 

 Petrreca vittata, Shmye, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 177 (1879) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 25 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 222 (1901). 

 Amaurodryas (Petroeca) vittata, Campbell, Nests cy Efft/s Austr. Birds, i. 



p. 147 (1901). 



The eggs of the Dusky Robin resemble those of P. bieolor, but 

 are more varied, some being of a pale blue colour, others being 

 spotted with yellowish brown and lilac. They measure from '83 to 

 •95 in leugth, and from 'do to '7 in breadth. 



2. Tasmania (TriVso?^). Gould Coll. 



2. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



3. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



6. New South Wales. Crowley Bequest. 



3. New South Wales, 3rd Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



Genus POLIOMYIAS, Shar^^e. 

 Poliomyias luteola {Pall.). 



Erythrostenia luteola, Tacz. J.f. O. 1872, p. 449; 1873, taf. ii. fig. 18; 



id. Faiine Orn. Sihcr. Orient, p. 472 (1891). 

 Pohonivias luteola, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 201 (1879) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 25 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 223 (1901). 



An egg of the Eastern Rusty-breasted Blue Flycatcher in the 



