266 MUSCICAPID^. 



Nekrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 26 (1899) j Sharpe, Hand-L iii. p. 229 

 (1901) ; Campbell, Nests fy Eyys Austr. Birds, i. p. 158 (1901). 



The eggs of the Large-billed Flycatcher in the Collection are of a 

 blunt oval form and nearly devoid of all gloss. They are of a 

 pinkish-white colour, thickly speckled, especially at the broad end 

 where the markings become continent, with reddish brown, lilac-red, 

 and lavender. Three example measure respectively : '69 by *49 ; 

 71 by -5 ; -7 by '49. 



3. Herbert River, Queensland, 22nd Crowley Bequest. 



Nov. (A. J. North}. 



Pseudogerygone flavilateralis (Gray}. 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 3.) 



Pseudogerygone flavilateralis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 222 (1879) ; 



Nchrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 26 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 229 



(1901). 

 Gerygone flavolateralis, E. L. $ E. L. C. Layard, Ibis, 1882, p. 508. 



The eggs of the New-Caledonian Yellow-flanked Flycatcher are 

 of quite the same type as those of P. maynirostris and resemble 

 them closely. Three examples measure respectively : '63 by *47 ; 

 63 by -48; -65 by -49. 



2. New Caledonia (with an egg of Crowley Bequest. 



Cacomantis bronzinus : 



E. L. Layard: Tristram Coll}. 



1. Noumea, New Caledonia (E. L. L. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.}. 



Pseudogerygone fusca (Gould). 



Gerygone fusca, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 267 (1865); North, 

 Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 99 (1889). 



Pseudogerygone fusca, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p.- 223 (1879); 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 26 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests # Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, i. p. 159 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 229 (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Fuscous Flycatcher closely resemble 

 those of P. magnirostris. They measure from '6 to '65 in length, 

 and from -44 to '46 in breadth. 



3. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. Richmond, N.S.W., Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. Campbell). 



Pseudogerygone albifrontata (Gray}. 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 1.) 



Pseudogerygone albifrontata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 224 (1879) ; 



id. Hand-L iii. p. 229 (1901). 



Gerygoue albofrontata, JSuller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 49 (1888) ; 

 "Forbes, Ibis, 1893, p. 524. 



An egg of the Chatham-Island Flycatcher is of a regular oval 



