262 MUSCICAPID^;. 



shape and of a size quite out of proportion to the size of the bird, 

 which has the wing only 2'7 inches in length. 



1. Nelson, New Zealand (W. F. Crowley Bequest. 



Howlett : Tristram Coll.). 



Petrceca macrocephala (Gm.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 16.) 



Petrceca macrocephala, Potts, Trans. N.Z. Inst. ii. p. 59 (1869) ; iii. p. 76 

 (1870); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 176 (1879); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 25 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 222 (1901). 



Myioraoira macrocephala, Bidler, Birds New Zeal, 2nd ed. i. p. 42 



(1888). 



Eggs of the New Zealand South-Island Robin are of a broad oval 

 shape and devoid of gloss. They are white, speckled with pale 

 brown and lavender. Four examples measure respectively : *7 by 

 56 ; -69 by -57 ; -77 by -58 ; 74 by -58. 



2. Otago, New Zealand, 21st Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(E. P. Seymour}. 



2. Port Chalmers, New Zealand, 23rd Crowley Bequest. 

 Oct. (E. P. S.). 



Petrceca vittata (Q. fy G.). 

 (Plate VII. figs. 17 & 18.) 



Aniaurodryas vittata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 286 (1865) ; North, 



Nests $ Eygs Austr. Birds, p. 106 (1889). 

 Petrceca vittata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 177 (1879) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 25 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 222 (1901). 

 Aniaurodryas (Petrceca) vittata, Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 



p. 147 (1901). 



The eggs of the Dusky Robin resemble those of P. bicolor, but 

 are more varied, some being of a pale blue colour, others being 

 spotted with yellowish brown and lilac. They measure from *83 to 

 95 in length, and from -65 to *7 in breadth. 



2. Tasmania (Wilson). Gould Coll. 



2. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



3. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



6. New South Wales. Crowley Bequest. 



3. New South Wales, 3rd Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North), 



Genus POLIOMYIAS, Sharpe. 

 Poliomyias luteola (Pall.). 



Erythrosterna luteola, Tacz. J.f. O. 1872, p. 449; 1873, taf. ii. fig. 18 ; 



id. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 472 (1891). 

 Poliomyias luteola, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 201 (1879) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 25 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 223 (1901). 



An egg of the Eastern Rusty-breasted Blue Flycatcher in the 



