26-4 MtJSClCAPID^. 



Eggs of the llufous-brcasted Blue Flycatcher have a pale greei:ish- 

 white ground-colour, freckled and mottled, chietly at the larger end, 

 with brownish red. They are of a regular oval shape and measure : 

 •74 by -54 ; -75 by -55 ; -75 by -56 ; -76 by -55. 



4. Mishmi Hills, near Margherita, E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 

 Assam, 20th May. 



Muscicapula westermanni, Sharpe. 



(Plate VII. fig. 20.) 



Muscicapula westermanni, Sharpe, Ibis, 1889, p. 196; id. Hand-l. iii. 

 p. 224 (1901). 



An egg of Westermann's Flycatcher taken by Mr. Whitehead is 

 of a regular oval shape, almost devoid of all gloss, and fawn- 

 coloured. It measures '6 by "47. 



1, Mt. Kina Balu, Borneo, 2oth Crowley Bequest. 



March {J. Whitehead). 



Genus SMICRORNIS, Gould. 

 Smicrornis brevirostris, Gould. 



Smicrornis brevirostris, Gould, Handh. Birds Ausfr. i. p. 273 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. iv. p. 209 (1879) ; North, Nests Sr Egg t 

 Austr. Birds, p. 100 (1889) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersanmil. p. 25 (1899) ; 

 Caynpbell, Nests ^- Eqgs Austr. Birds, i. p. 153, pi. 8(1901) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 225 (iyOl). 



The eggs of the Short-billed Flycatcher are of a narrow oval 

 shape, and exhibit a small amount of gloss. They are of a brownish- 

 pink colour, marked, chiefly at the broad end, with brown and 

 lavender. On one specimen in the Collection the markings are few 

 and scattered ; in another they form a cap ; and on a third a zone 

 round the broad end. Three examples measure respectively : "58 by 

 •4 ; -61 by -43 ; -56 by -43. 



1. West Australia ( fT&oH). Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



Genus GERYGONE, Gould. 

 Gerygone albigularis {Gould). 



Gerygone albogularis, Gould, Hundb. Birds Austr. i. p. 266 (1865) ; 



Ramsay, P. Z. S. 186G, p. 676. 

 Gerygone albigularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 212 (1879) ; North, 



Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 97 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersainml. 



p. 25 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests Sf Egos Austr. Birds, i. p. 155, pi. 8 



(1901) ; Shmpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 225 (^1901). 



The eggs of the Australian White-throated Flycatcher are of a 



