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moderately glossy. The ground-colour is pale salmon-pink, and 

 this is sparingly and very delicately marked with spots and very 

 small blotches of pale chestnut and underlying lavender-grey. It 

 measures 1*42 by '96. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



Sub-Family CENTROPODIN^E. 

 Genus CENTROPUS, Illiger. 



The eggs of the Coucals or Crow-Pheasants vary from a broad 

 oval or elliptical shape to a spheroidal one. They are plain white 

 and moderately glossy. The shell is chalky in texture and some- 

 what rough to the touch. 



Centropus ateralbus, Less. 



Centropus ateralbus, Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 300; Shelley, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xix. p. 334 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 172 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l ii. p. 166 (1900). 



Two eggs of the Pied Coucal in the Collection measure respec- 

 tively : 1-33 by 1-19 ; 1-54 by 1-3. 



2. New Britain. Crowley Bequest. 



Centropus menebiki (Less. $ Gam.). 



Centropus menebiki, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 336 (1891) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l ii. p. 166 (1900). 



An egg of the Giant Coucal in the Collection measures 1*45 by 

 1-05. 



1. S.E. New Guinea. Herr Weiske [0.]. 



Centropus nigricans (Salvad.). 



Centropus nigricans, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 339 (1891) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 172 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 166 

 (1900). 



Two eggs of the Blackish Coucal measure respectively : 1/48 by 

 1-11 ; 1'41 by 1-09. 



2. Fergusson Island, New Guinea, Crowley Bequest. 



30th Oct. (A. S. Meek). 



Centropus phasianus (Lath.). 



Centropus phasianus, Gould, Handb. Birds Auslr. i. p. 634 (1865) ; 

 North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 249 (1889;; Shelley, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xix. p. 340 (1891) ; Le Souef, Viet. Nat. xvi. p. 72 

 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 172 (1899) ; Robinson $ 

 Laverock, Ibis, 1900, p. 64 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 166 (1900) ; 

 Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 590 (1901). 



