268 MUSCICAPID^E. 



Genus PCECILODRYAS, Gould. 



Pcecilodryas sub-cyana (De Vis}. 



(Plate VIII. fig. 6.) 



Poecilodryas sub-cyanea, De Vis, Ibis, 1897, p. 377. 

 Pcecilodryas sub-cyana, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 234 (1901). 



The eggs of the New-Guinea Bluish Flycatcher in the Collection 

 are of a regular oval shape and moderately glossy. They are 

 greenish white, mottled all over with very pale rufous and under- 

 lying lavender. They measure respectively : '8 by *62 ; '81 by '61. 



2. S.E. New Guinea. Herr Weiske [C.]. 



Poecilodryas capito (Gould). 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 7.) 



Eopsaltria capito, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 297 (1865); North, 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. ii. p. 146 (1888) ; id. Nests $ Eqgs Austr. 



Birds, p. 109 (1889). 

 Pcecilodryas capito, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 245 (1879) ; Campbell, 



Nests fy Eygs Austr. Birds, i. p. 150 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. 



p. 236 (1901). 



An egg of the Large-headed Flycatcher in the Collection is of a 

 blunt oval form and exhibits a considerable amount of gloss. It is 

 of a creamy-white colour, almost imperceptibly tinged with green, 

 blotched, chiefly at the broad end, with light chestnut and grey. 

 It measures -77 by '57. 



1. Cooktown, N. Queensland, Nov. Crowley Bequest. 

 (I). Le Souef). 



Genus XANTHOPYGIA, JBlyth. 



Xanthopygia xanthopygia (A. Hay). 



(Plate VIII. fig. 8.) 



Xanthopygia tricolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 250 (1879) ; Tacz. 



Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 480 (1891) j Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 26 (1899). 

 Xanthopygia xanthopygia, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 238 (1901). 



The eggs of the Siberian Yellow-rumped Flycatcher * are of a 

 broad oval form and moderately glossy. They are of a white or 

 pinkish-white colour, delicately speckled, chiefly round the broad 



* The name ' M. narcissina ' is written on all these eggs, but it appears from 

 Taczanowski's account of the distribution of X. narcissina and X. xanthopygia, 

 that they are referable to the latter species. 



