266 MUSCICAl'lD.E. 



Nfihrk. Knt. Eiersamml. p. 26 (1899) ; Shar2)e, Iland-l. iii. p. 229 

 (1901) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Egys Austr. Birds, i. p. lo8 (1901). 



The cgg3 of the Large-billed Flycatcher in the Collection arc of a 

 blunt oval form and nearly devoid of all gloss. They are of a 

 pinkish-white colour, thickly speckled, especially at the broad end 

 where the markings become conduent, with reddish brown, lilac-red, 

 and lavender. Three example measure respectively : "69 by '49 ; 

 •71 by -5 ; -7 by -49. 



3. Herbert River, Queensland, 22nd Crowley Bequest. 



Nov. (A. J. North). 



Pseudogerygone flavilateralis {Gray), 



(Plate VIII. fig. 3.) 



Pseudoger3'gone flavilateralis, Sharjje, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 222 (1879) ; 



NehrJc. Kat. Eiersatnml. p. 26 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 229 



(1901). 

 Gerygoue flavolateralis, E. L. <^- E. L. C. Layard, Ibis, 1882, p. 608. 



The eggs of the New-Caledonian Yellow-flanked Flycatcher are 

 of quite the same type as those of P. mar/nirostria and resemble 

 them closely. Three examples measure respectively: "63 by "47 ; 

 •63 by -48 ; '65 by •49. 



2. New Caledonia (with an egg of Crowley Bequest. 



Cacomantis bronzinus : 



E. L. Layard: Tristram Coll.). 



1. Noumea, New Caledonia {E, L. L. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.), 



Pseudogerygone fusca {Gould). 



Gerygone fusca, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 267 (1805); North, 

 Nests ^ Eyys Austr. Birds, p. 99 (1889). 



Pseudogerygone fusca. Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p, 223 (1879) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 26 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests Sf- Egys 

 Austr. Birds, i. p. 159 (1901) ; Shai-j}e, Hand-l. iii. p. 229 (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Fuscous Flycatcher closely resemble 

 those of F. magnirostris. They measure from -Q to 'Qb in length, 

 and from '44 to '46 in breadth. 



3. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. liichmond, N.S.W., Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



[A. J. Campbell). 



Pseudogerygone albifrontata {Gray). 

 (Flate VIII. fig. I.) 



Pseudogervgone albifrontata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 224 (1879) ; 



id. Hand-l. iii. p. 229 (1901). 

 Gerygoue albofrontata, Biiller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 49 (1888) ; 

 'ivories, /6/s, 1893, p. 524. 



An egg of the Chatham-Island Flycatcher is of a regular oval 



