COLIIDJE. 95 



The measurements of four eggs of the Blue-crest average '48 by 

 33. 



4. Grenada, W. Indies (J. G. Sell), Crowley Bequest. 



Bellona orn&ta, (Gould). 



Orthorhynchus ornatus, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 206 (1861). 

 Bellona ornata, Salv. Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 354 (1892) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. ii. p. 142 (1900). 



The eggs of the Green-and-Blue-crest in the Collection measure 

 respectively : -47 by 3 ; '45 by -3. 



2. St. Vincent, W. Indies, April Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (Mrs. If. H. Smith). 



Genus STEPHANOXYS, Simon. 



Stephanoxys lalandei ( Vieill.). 



Cephalepis delalandi, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 208 (1861). 

 Cephalolepis delalandi, Salv. Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 356 (1892). 

 Stephanoxys lalandei, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 142 (1900). 



An egg of Delalande's Plover-crest measures -53 by -32. 

 1. [Brazil.] Crowley Bequest. 



Sub-Order COLII. 



Family COLIIDJE. 



The eggs of the Colies are typically of a regular oval shape, the 

 shell being somewhat rough to the touch and quite devoid of all 

 gloss. 



Genus COLIUS, Briss. 



Colius striatus, Gm. 



Colius striatus, Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 213 ; 1864, p. 359 ; Sharpe, ed. 

 Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 555 (1875-84) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xvii. p. 339 (1892) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 162 (1899) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. ii. p. 145 (1900). 



The eggs of the South- African Coly vary from plain white to pale 

 yellowish- white in colour. They measure from '77 to '92 in 

 length, and from -63 to *68 in breadth. 



4. S. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Natal (T. Ayres). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



'2. Cape Colony. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.], 



