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Rliipidura albiscapa, Gould. 



llhipidura albiscapa, Gould, Handh. Birds Aitstr. i. p. 238 (1805); 

 Shm-pe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 310 (1879) ; North, Nests ^ Eggs 

 Atistr. Birds, p. 84 (1880); Nehrk. Kat. i'/emi?nw/. p. 28 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests i^- JE(/r/s Austr. Birds, i. p. 108, pi. 8 (1901) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 252 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-shafted Fanfcail Flycatcher have the 

 ground-colour creamy-white and the markiugs disposed in various 

 forms. They measure from "6 to '67 in length, and from '47 to '5 

 in breadth. 



2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Wclliaoton, N.S.W., 12th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(with an egg of Cacomantis 



variolostis). 

 4. Dobroyde, N.S.W., Oct. (E. P. Crowley Bequest. 



Ramsag : Tristram Coll. ). 



2. Victoria. Govt, of Victoria [P.]. 



3. Heidelberg', Victoria, 6th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. North). 

 1. Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, 15th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 

 Dec. [P.J. 



Ehipidura diemenensis, Sharpe. 



Rhipidura saturata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 311 (1879). 

 lihipidiira diemenensis, North, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 85 (1889) ; 



Campbell, Nests Sf E(/gs Austr, Birds, i. p. 112 (1001) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iii. p. 262 (1901). 



The eggs of the Tasmanian Fantail Flycatcher are cream-coloured 

 and rather heavily marked, but the characteristic zone is not well 

 defined in any of the specimens in the Collection. Four examples 

 measure respectively : "61 by "47 ; *61 by '49 ; '63 by '49 ; -62 by 



•48. 



1. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



3. Tasmania (W. H. Bignold). Crowley Bequest. 



Ehipidura nebulosa, Peale. 



Rhipidura nebulosa, Finsch 8)- Hartl. Fauna Central-Polgn. p. 86, pi. i. fig. 6 

 (1867); Whitmee, Ibis, \S7 5, Tp. 4Sd; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M.iv. 

 p. 315 (1879) ; id. Hand-l. iii. p, 254 (1901). 



The sole egg of the Samoan Fantail Flycatcher in the Collection 

 is of a dark cream-colour and veiy heavily marked over the entire 

 larger half. It is fractured and the dimensions cannot be given. 



1. Samoa. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 



Ehipidura fuliginosa {Sijarrm.). 



Rhipidura fuligiuosa, Poi!^s, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. ii. p. 63 (1869); 

 Sharpe, Cat, Birds B, M. iv. p. 316 (1879) ; Bailer, Birds New Zeal. 



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