264 MTJSCICAPID^;. 



Eggs of the llufous-breasted Blue Flycatcher have a pale greenish- 

 white ground-colour, freckled and mottled, chiefly at the larger end, 

 with brownish red. They are of a regular oval shape and measure : 

 74 by -54 ; -75 by '55 ; '75 by -56 ; 76 by -55. 



4. Mishmi Hills, near Margherita, E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 

 Assam, 20th May. 



Muscicapula westermanni, Sharpe. 

 (Plate VII. fig. 20.) 



Muscicapula westermanni. Sharpe. Ibis. 1889. p. 196; id. Hand-L iii. 

 p. 224 (1901). 



An egg of Westermann's Flycatcher taken by Mr. Whitehead is 

 of a regular oval shape, almost devoid of all gloss, and fawn- 

 coloured. It measures *6 by *47. 



1. Mt. Kina Balu, Borneo, 25th Crowley Bequest. 

 March (J. Whitehead). 



Genus SMICRORNIS, Gould. 

 Smicrornis brevirostris, Gould. 



Smicrornis brevirostris, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 273 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds JS. M. iv. p. 209 (1879) ; North, Nests $ Egg* 

 Austr. Birds, p. 100 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 25 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds. i. p. 153, pi. 8 (1901) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-L iii. p. 225 (1901). 



The eggs of the Short-billed Flycatcher are of a narrow oval 

 shape, and exhibit a small amount of gloss. They are of a brownish- 

 pink colour, marked, chiefly at the broad end, with brown and 

 lavender. On one specimen in the Collection the markings are few 

 and scattered ; in another they form a cap ; and on a third a zone 

 round the broad end. Three examples measure respectively : '58 by 

 -4 ; -61 by -43 ; -56 by -43. 



1. West Australia ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



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



Genus GERYGONE, Gould. 

 Gerygone albigularis (Gould). 



Gerygone albogularis. Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 266 (1865); 



Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 576. 

 Gerygone albigularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 212 (1879) ; North, 



Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 97 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 25 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Egos Austr. Birds, i. p. 155, pi. 8 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-L iii. p. 225 (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian White-throated Flycatcher are of a 



