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regular oval shape, and but very slightly glossy. They are white, 

 speckled and blotched with chestnut and pale lavender. The 

 markings vary from mere specks in some specimens to small blotches 

 in others, and they are often confluent at the broad end, forming a 

 zone. Examjjles measure from '63 to '72 in length, and from -49 

 to '52 in breadth. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, 11th Crowley Bec[uest. 



Oct. (NoHh Coll.). 



3. New South Wales (K P. Ramsay). Gould Coll. 



1. Ashfield, N.S.W. (^. P. &_5/?rtOM7-; Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 3. Canterbury, N.S.W., 22nd Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North.). 



Genus PSEUDOGERYGONE, Shar2}e. 



Pseudogerygone igata (Q. ^ G.). 



Pseudogerygone igata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 218 (1879) ; Nehrh. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 26 (1899). 

 Gerygone flaviventris, Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 44 (188S). 



The eggs of the New-Zealand Grey Flycatcher in the Collection 

 are of two distinct types. One is of a blunt oval form, almost devoid 

 of gloss, and of a white colour, speckled with rufous and lilac, 

 pretty equally all over. A second is of a pale salmon-pink colour, 

 speckled with deeper rufous and lavender. The former measures 

 •7 by -5; the latter -68 by -48. 



2. Otago, New Zealand {E. P. Crowley Bequest. 



Seymour). 



Pseudogerygone culicivora ( Gould). 



Gerygone culicivora, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 268 (1865). 



Pseudogerygone culicivora, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 220 (1879) ; 

 Campbell. Proc. Roy. Sac. Vict. iii. p. 3, pi. i. fig 3 (1890) ; id. Nests 

 4* E(/(/s Austr. Birds, i. p. 167 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 228 

 (1901). 



An egg of the "West- Australian Flycatcher is of a very regular 

 oval form and slightly glossy. It is white, speckled and freckled, 

 more densely at the broad end than elsewhere, with very pale chest- 

 nut and lilac. It measures "67 by -5. 



1. Australia ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



Pseudogerygone magnirostris {Gould). 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 2.) 



Gerygone magnirostris, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 270 (1865). 

 Pseudogerygone magnirostris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B, M. iv. p .222 (1879) ; 



