292 CAMPOPIIAGIDiE. 



31. Monp'plioo, Sildiim (J". Gammie), Ilnine Coll. 

 4. Darjiling,] 9th April. Hume Coll. 



3. Darjiling, May. Hume Coll. 



Stoparola sordida {Waldai). 



Stoparola sordida, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 440 (1879) ; Lrr/t/e, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 419 (1879) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. lad., Birds,n. p. 29 

 (1890); iV/. ed Hume, Nests S,- Eijgs Lid. Birds, ii. p. 11 (1890); 

 Sharpe, Rand-l. iii. p. 286 (1901). 



The eggs of the Dusky Blue Flycatcher ia the Collection are 

 profusely freckled with rufous. They measure -82 by -59 ; -84 by 

 •59 respectively, 



2. Ceylon, 3rd May [A. L. Butler). Crowley Bequest. 



Family CAMPOPHAGID^. 



Genus PTEROPODOCYS, Goidd. 



Pteropodocys phasiaiiella {Gould). 



Pteropodocys phasianella, Gould, Hcmdb. Birds Austr. i. p. 199 (I860) ; 

 Slunye, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 22 (1879) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N.S. W. vii. p. 47, pi. 3. fig. 1 (1882) ; North, Nests ^- Eyys 

 Austr. Birds, p. 76, ])1. ix. fig. 2 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 22 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 8^ Eqys Austr. Birds, i. p. 95, pi. 7 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 290 (1901). 



The eggs of the Ground Cuckoo-Shrike in the Collection are of a 

 pointed oval shape and excessively glossy. One specimen is of an 

 olive-green colour, faintly mottled here and there with a darker 

 shade of the same tint. Another is of a dull olive-green colour, 

 with a faint rufous wash over the larger end and a few dark specks. 

 They measure respectively : 1"36 by -92 ; ] -2 by '96. 



1. Australia (E. P. Seymour). Crowley Bequest. 



1. New South Wales, 19tk Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



{North Coll.). 



Genus GRAUCALUS, Cnv. 



Graiicaliis cinereus (P. L. S. Mull.). 



Graucalus cinereus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 28 (1879) ; id. Hand-l. 



iii. p. 291 (1901). 

 Campepliaga cana, Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 148 (1882). 

 Campephaga cinerea, Milne-Edwards ^" Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., 



Ois. ii. p. 393, pi. 304. fig. 4 (I880). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Cuckoo-Shrike are of a somewhat 

 lengthened oval shape and exhibit but little gloss. They are of a 

 pinkish-white colour, markedwith spots and blotches of deep reddish 



