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and piirplish brown and lavender, densely round the large end in 

 the form of a broad and more or less confluent zone, sparsely else- 

 where. They measure from 1-04 to 1-15 in length, and from "7 to 

 "75 in breadth. 

 5. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. \V. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



Graucalus melanops (Lath.). 



Graucalus melanops, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 192 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 30 (1879) ; Buller, Birds New Zml. 2ud ed. 

 p. G(3 (1888) ; North, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 74, pi. ix. fig. 4 

 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. j). 22 (1899) ; Le Souif, Vict. Nat. 

 xvi. p. 64 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^- E(/(is Austr. Birds, i. p. 96, pi. 7. 

 (1901) ; Sharjie, Hand-l. iii. p. 291 (1901). 



The eggs of the Jilack-faced Cuckoo-Shrike are of a regular oval 

 shape and exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. The ground- 

 colour varies from green, pale olive or pale olive-brown to greenish 

 stone-colour and is spotted, blotched and streaked with umber- 

 brown or chestnut-brown and lavender-grey. Specimens measure 

 from 1-23 to 1'3 in length, and from -87 to '91 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Australia (£". P. i?«?«s('v/). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Australia. W. Ea'dcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



3. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Bell Ptiver, N.S.W. {B. P. Eamsay : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Murray River, 4tli Oct, W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. E. A. Philbrick, Esq.,K.O. [P.]. 



3. Hastings, Western Point, Victoria, Crowley Bequest. 



18th Sept. {North Coll.). 

 3. Somerville, Victoria, 3rd Nov. W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



LP-]- 



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



Graucalus parvirostris, Gould. 



(Plate IX. fig. 9.) 



Graucalus parvirostris, Goidd, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 194 (1865) ; 

 Shari)e, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 32 (1879) ; North, Nests ^ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 75 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 22 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, \. p. 97 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 291 (1901). 



The eggs of the Short-billed Cuckoo-Shrike are of quite the same 

 character as those of G. melanops. Five examples measure 

 respectively: 1-3 by "83; 1-27 by -9; 1-2G by -87 ; 1-3 by '88 ; 

 1-25 by -89. 



2. Tasmania (C. Gould). Gould Coll. 

 1. Tasmania ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



1. Tasmania (E. D. Atkinson). Crowley Bequest. 



1, Tasmania ( W. H. Bignold). Crowley Bequest. 



