2G8 MUSCICAI'IDJ',. 



Genus PCECILODRYAS, GouU. 



Pcecilodryas sub-cyana {De Vis). 



(Plate VIII. fig. 6.) 



Pcecilodryas sub-cj'anea, De Vis, Ibis, 1897, p. 377. 

 Pcecilodryas sub-cyaua, Sharpe, Iland-l. iii. p. 234 (1901). 



The eggs of the New-Guinea Bluish Flycatcher in the Collection 

 are of a regular oval shape and moderately glossy. They are 

 greenish white, mottled all over with very pale rufous and under- 

 lying lavender. They measure respectively : '8 by '62 ; 'SI by "Gl. 



2. S.E. New Guinea. Herr Weiske [C.]. 



Pcecilodryas capito {Gould). 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 7.) 



Eopsaltria capito, Gould, llnndb. Birds Austr. i. p. 297 (186.5); North, 



Froc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. ii. p. 146 (1888) ; id. Nests ^- Eqys Austr. 



Birds, p. 109 (1889). 

 Pcecilodryas capito, Sliarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 245 (1879) ; Campbell, 



Nests iSf Egcjs Austr. Birds, i. p. 150 (1901) ; Sliarpe, Iland-l. iii. 



p. 230 (19U1). 



An egg of the Large-headed Flycatcher in the Collection is of a 

 blunt oval form and exhibits a considerable amount of gloss. It is 

 of a creamy-white colour, almost imperceptibly tinged with green, 

 blotched, chiefly at the broad end, with light chestnut and grey. 

 It measures -77 by 'ST. 



1. Cooktown, N. Queensland, Nov. Crowley Bequest. 

 (Z>. Le Sou'ef). 



Genus XANTHOPYGIA, Bhjth. 



Xanthopygia xanthopygia {A. Hay). 



(Plate VIII. fig. 8.) 



Xanthopygia tricolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 250 (1879) ; Tacz. 



Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 480 (1891); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 26 (1899). 

 Xanthopygia xanthopygia, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 238 (1901). 



The eggs of the Siberian Yellow-rumped Flycatcher * are of a 

 broad oval form and moderately glossy. They are of a white or 

 pinkish-white colour, delicately speckled, chietly round .the broad 



* The name ' M. narcissina' is written on all these eggs, but it appears from 

 Taczanowski's account of the distribution ot X. narcissina and X xanthopygia, 

 thiit they are referable tp the latter species. 



