276 jirsciCAPiD.Ti:. 



2nd ed. i. p. 72 (1888); NcJirl: Kat. Eiersamml t^. 28 (1899); 

 Sharpe, Iland-l. iii. p. 254 (1901). 



The eggs of the New-Zealand Black Fantail Flj'catcher in the 

 Collection have a nearly pure white ground-colour and the markings 

 form a more or less well-defined zone. They measure respectively : 

 •62 by -49; -65 by -5; -6 by -49 ; -6 by -48. 



2. Nelson, New Zealand, Oct. ( W. P. Crowley Bequest. 



Howlett : Tristram Coll.). 



1. Canterbury, New Zealand. Capt. R. Snow [P.]. 



1. Canterbury {E. P. Seymour). Crowley Bequest. 



Rhipidura albicollis (Vieill.). 



Rhipidura fnscoventris, Jard. Confr. Orn. 18o2, p. 99, pi. xcii. 



liliipidura albicollis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 317 (1879) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, n. p. 63 (1890); id. ed. Hume, Nests ^• 

 Eqqs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 35 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 254 

 (1901). 



The eggs of the Indian White-throated Fantail Flycatcher vary 

 from white to 5'ellowish buff in ground-colour and have the mark- 

 ings disposed in varied forms. They measure from "65 to •? in 

 length, and from '47 to "52 in breadtti. 



Rhipidura rufifrons (Lath.). 



Rhipidura rufifi'ons, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 240 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 319 (1879) ; Rmnsay, Proc. Linn. Soe. 

 N.S. Jf. 2nd ser. i. p. 1143 (1886); North, Nests S^ Ecjys Austr. 

 Birds, p. 87 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 28 (1899); Ca^nj)- 

 bell, Nests ^ Eyc/s Austr. Birds, i. p. 112, pi. 8 (1901); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 255 (1901). 



The eggs of the Rufous Fantail Flycatcher in the Collection are 

 of a yellowish-buff colour, with a broad zone of confluent spots 

 round the broad end. They measure respectively : '71 by '52 ; 

 •71 by -5. 



2. Richmond, N. S. Wales, Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



{A.J. Campbell). 



Rhipidura cyaniceps {Cass.). 



(Plate VIII. fig. 17.) 



Rhipidura cyaniceps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M, iv. p. 323 (1879) ; Grant, 



