282 MusciCAriD^E. 



coloration thc}- arc light salmon-pink or wliitish-])ink spotted with 

 red and lilac, the spots being- almost contined to the broader end, 

 and, in the clutch from Ishigaki Island, forming a zone. They 

 measure from -78 to -So in length, and from -59 to -62 in breadth. 



4. Isliitraki Isl., Liu-Kiu Islands, W. luulcUtre Saunders, Esq. 



1st .lune. [P.]. 



4. Fuii, 2nd June, W. Radclifle Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus RHINOMYIAS, Shar^^e. 



Eliiuomyias pectoralis {Sa^vad.). 



(Bate IX. fig. 2.) 



IJhinonij'ias pectoralis, SJiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 308 (1879) ; id. 

 Ibis, 1889, p. 201 ; id. Hand-l. iii. p. 266 (1901). 



The eggs of the Pectoral Yh catcher are of a broad oval form and 

 moderately glossy. They are of a pale greyish-green colour, densely 

 mottled all over with pale rufous grey and lavender. Three examples 

 measure respectively : "72 by '55; '07 by •bb; -71 by 'bb. 



3. Mt. Kina Balu, Eorneo, Feb. (/. Crowley Bequest. 

 Whitehead) . 



Rhinomyias albigiilaris, Bourns 4' Worcestet'. 



Illunorayias albigularis, Bourns >.y Worcester, Occ. Papers Minn. Acad, 

 ^at. Sci i. p. 27 (1894) ; Grant S^- Whitehead, Ibis, 189S, p. 237, pi. v. 

 lig. 3; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 267 (1901). 



One of the eggs of the White-throated Flycatcher in the Collection 

 is of an elliptical, the other of a blunt oval form, and both are 

 glossy. The ground, hardly any of which is distinctly visible, 

 appears to be of a reddish cream-colour, and it is very thickly 

 mottled and clouded all over with reddish brown. The two specimens 

 measure respectively : -89 by -65 ; -87 by 'Go. 



2. Canbian Volcano, Central Negros, J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 

 Philippines, 21st March. 



Khinomyias giilaris, Sharpe. 



(Plate IX. fig. 1.) 



Piliinonivias trularis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 385 ; 1889, p. 201 ; id. Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 2()7 (1901). 



Tlie eggs of the White-throated Flycatcher in the Collection are 

 of a blunt oval form and slightly glossy. They are of a pale greyish- 

 green colour, freckled all over with pale broAvnish cliestuut, the 

 markings also forming an indistinct band of brighter colour round 



