250 MUSCICAFID^E. 



Family MUSCICAPIDZE. 



Genus HEMICHELIDON, Hodgs. 



Hemichelidon sibirica (Gm.). 



Butalis sibirica, Tacz. J.f. O. 1872, p. 446, taf. i. fig. 15. 



Ilemichelidon sibirica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 120 (1879) ; Oates 

 ed. Hume, Nests $ Eygs 2nd. Birds, ii. p. 1 (1890) ; Tacz. Faune 

 Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 475 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 23 

 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 204 (1901). 



The eggs of the Sooty Flycatcher in the Collection are of a pointed 

 oval form, and exhibit a slight amount of gloss. They are of a very 

 pale green colour, densely mottled with extremely pale reddish 

 brown. They measure respectively : '71 by *5 ; *7 by f o. 



2. Lake Baikal, Siberia (Dybowski : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



Genus MICRCECA, Gould. 



Micrceca fascinans (Lath.). 



Microoca fascinans, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 258 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 123 (1879) ; North, Nests 8f Eyys Austr. 

 Birds, p. 95 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 24 (1899) ; Campbell, 

 Nests $ Eyas Austr. Birds, i. p. 105, pi. 7 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 205 (1901). 



Micrceca macroptera, Ramsay, Trans. Phil. Soc. N.S. W. 1865, p. 328, 

 pi. i. figs. 9, 10. 



The eggs of the Australian Brown Flycatcher are of a blunt oval 

 form and slightly glossy. They are of a pale bluish-green colour, 

 marked with specks and blotches of chestnut-brown and underlying 

 lavender-grey. The markings are most numerous on the broader 

 half, where they are often confluent and form an irregular zone. 

 Specimens measure from -68 to '76 in length, and from -52 to '55 

 in breadth. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, 3rd Sept. Crowley Bequest. 

 (North Coll.}. 



2. Queensland (Owen). Gould Coll. 



1. New South Wales ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



4. Dobroyde, N.S.W., Oct. (E. P. Crowley Bequest. 

 Ramsay: Tristram Coll). 



3. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. South Australia (G. F. Angas). Gould Coll. 



2. Wimrnera District, Victoria, 16th Crowley Bequest. 



Nov. (A. J. North). 

 2. Mallee, Victoria ; 10th Oct. W. RadcliSe Saunders, Esq. 



