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shape and slightly glossy. It is of a pinkish-white colour, mottled 

 all over with lilac-red and lilac, and measures '72 by "53. 



1. Chatham Islands {H. O. Forbes). Crowley Bequest. 



Pseudogerygone chrysogaster (Gray). 



Pseudogerygoue chrysogaster, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 220 (1879) ; 

 Nehrk. Cat. Eiersumml. p. 26 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 230 

 (1901). 



The eggs of the New Guinea Yellow-bellied Flycatcher appear to 

 resemble those of P. magnirostris very closely. Two examples 

 measure respectively : "71 by '5 ; '7 by '5. 



2. New Guinea, 21st Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus MUSCYLVA, Lesson. 



Muscylva lessoni, Jacq. Sf Pmli. 



(Plate VIII. fig. 4.) 



Muscylva lessoni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 2.33 (1879) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 26 (1899) ; Shmpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 232 (1901). 



The eggs of Lesson's Flycatcher in the Collection arc of a broad 

 oval form and exhibit a slight amount of gloss. They are white, 

 speckled, almost entirely at the broad end, with purplish brown and 

 lilac. They measure respectively : '72 by -55 ; -72 by -57. 



2. Fiji Islands. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus MIRO, Less. 



Miro albifrons {Gm.). 



(Plate VIII. fig. 5.) 



Petroeca albifrons, Fotts, Trans. N. Z. List. ii. p. 60 (1869) ; iii. p. 76 



(1870). 

 Miro albifrons, Shaipe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 2.35 (1879) ; Bidler, Birds 



New Zeal. 2ud ed. i. p. 36 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 26 



(1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 232 (1901). 



The eggs of the New-Zealand South-Island Flycatcher are of a 

 pointed oval shape and exhibit a small amount of gloss. They are 

 of a greyish-white colour, mottled and blotched with greyish brown 

 and lavender. Three examples measure respectively : -97 by -71 ; 

 •98 by -7; 1-05 by -75. 



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



Seymour). 

 1. Taiori District, New Zealand, CroAvley Bequest. 



12th Nov. {E. P. S.). 



