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Hypothymis occipitalis {V'uj.). 



Myiagra azurea (iiec JSodd.), Swinhoe, Ibis, 18G3, p. 2G1. 



Ilvpothymis occipitalis, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 337 ; id. Cat. Bwds 



B. M. iv. p. 275 (1879) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 27, taf. i. tig. 6 



(1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. L'48 (1901). 

 Hypothymis azurea, Grant ^ Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 237. 



The eggs of the Malayan Black-naped Flycatcher resemble those of 

 H. azurea in general character. Those, however, collected in tiie 

 Malay Peninsula and Borneo are very heavily marked, while those 

 from Formosa are very feebly speckled. Two specimens brought by 

 Whitehead from Luzon diftcr remarkably in having a pure white 

 ground, delicately speckled all over with reddish brown and lilac, 

 without any indication of the zone round the broad end which 

 characterizes the eggs of most of the Flycatchers of this genus. 

 Specimens measure from '68 to "81 in length, and from '5 to '55 in 

 breadth. 



3. Salang, Malay Peninsula, 10th March. Hume Coll. 



5. Labuau, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



2. Cape Engaiio, N.E. Luzon, 24th J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.J. 



May. 



2. Formosa, 1st May (P. A. Hoist), Seebohm Coll. 



4. F'ormosa, 8th May (P. A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



Hypothymis tytleri (Beavan). 

 (Plate VIIL fig. 14.) 



Hypothymis occipitalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 275, part. (1879). 

 Hypothymis tytleri, Oafes, Fauna Brit, hid., Birds, ii. p. 50 (1890) ; 

 id. ed. Hume, Nests i^ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 30 (1890). 



The eggs of the Andaman Black-naped Flycatcher in the Collection 

 are similar to many of those of H. azurea. They measure respec- 

 tively: -69 by -52 ; -67 by -53. 



2. Aberdeen, South Andaman Island, Hume Coll. 

 23rd April. 



Genus TODOPSIS, 5^j. 



Todopsis cyanocephala (Q. ^- G.). 



(Plate VIIL fig. 16.) 



Todopsis cyanocephala, Gould, Birds Nero Guinea, ii. pi. 21 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 280 (1879) ; id. Hand-l. iii. p, 249 (1901). 



The eggs of the New-Guinea Flycatcher are of a narrow oval form 

 and devoid of gloss. They are cream-coloured, thickly speckled, 

 especially at the broad end, with lilac-red and chestnut. Three 

 examples measure respectively : "68 by -48 ; "68 by "49 ; '68 by '4:9. 



3. S.E. New Guinea (with two eggs of Herr Weiske [C.]. 



Cacomantis insperatus). 

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