252 MUSCICAPIDJE. 



Bradyornis silens (Shaw). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 7.) 



Bradyornis silens, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 404 (1875- 

 84) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. ' M. iii. p. 313 (1877) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 22 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l iii. p. 209 (1901). 



Tarsiger silens, Stark 8f Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 219 (1901). 



The eggs of the Pied Wood-Shrike in the Collection are almost 

 elliptical in shape, the two ends being closely alike, and they 

 exhibit a faint gloss. The ground-colour is pale greyish green, and 

 while one example is very indistinctly mottled with very pale brown, 

 the other is densely mottled with greyish brown. ' They measure 

 respectively : -8 by -61 ; '81 by -59. 



2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.J. 



Genus NEWTONIA, Sclil. $ Poll. 



Newtonia brunneicauda (A. Newton). 



(Plate VII. fig. 8.) 



Newtonia brunneicauda, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 148 (1879) ; 

 Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 148 (1882) ; Milne- 

 Edwards 8f Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. ii. p. 382 (1885) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 24 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 210 

 (1901). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Flycatcher are of a broad oval form 

 and very slightly glossy. They are of a dull white colour, thickly 

 speckled, spotted, or blotched with reddish brown or purplish brown 

 and underlying pale lavender. The markings are very dense at the 

 broad end, where they form a more or less distinct cap. Five 

 specimens measure from '66 to *77 in length, and from '55 to '58 

 in breadth. 



5. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



Genus MUSCICAPA, Linn. 



Muscicapa grisola, Linn. 



Muscicapa grisola, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 300, tab. xxix. 



fig. 7, a-e (1845-54) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 74, pi. xxi. 



fig. i (1856) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 447 (1875) ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. iv. p. 151 (1879) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 323, pi. 9 



(1893) ; Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 4 (1890) ; id. ed. 



Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 1 (1890) ; Seebohm, Eggs of 



Brit. Birds, p. 191, pi. 51. figs. 17 & 20 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. 



p. 211 (1901). 

 Butalis grisola, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Yog. tab. 52. fig. 11 (1855-63) ; 



Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 361 ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 206; Wardlaw- 



Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 53. 



