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Rhipidura albiscapa, Gould. 



Rhipidura albiscapa, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 238 (1865); 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 310 (1879) ; North, Nests $ Eggs 

 Austr. Birch, p. 84 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 28 (1899; ; 

 Campbell, Nests # Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 108, pi. 8 (1901) j Sharps, 

 Hand-l. in. p. 252 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-shafted Fan tail Flycatcher have the 

 ground-colour creamy- white and the markings disposed in various 

 forms. They measure from *6 to *67 in length, and from '47 to *5 

 in breadth. 



2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Wellington, N.S.W., 12th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(with an egg of Cacomantis 



variolosus). 

 4. Dobroyde, N.S.W., Oct. (E. P. Crowley Bequest. 



Ramsay: Tristram Coll.). 



2. Victoria, Go vt. of Victoria [P.]. 



3. Heidelberg Victoria, 6th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



1. Daudenong Ranges, Victoria, 15th W. Radcliife Saunders, Esq. 

 Dec. [P.J. 



Rhipidura diemenensis, Sharpe. 



Rhipidura saturata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 311 (1879). 

 Rhipidura diemenensis, North, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 85 (1889) ; 



Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 112 (1901); Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iii. p. 252 (1901). 



The eggs of the Tasmanian Fantail Flycatcher are cream-coloured 

 and rather heavily marked, but the characteristic zone is not well 

 denned in any of the specimens in the Collection. Four examples 

 measure respectively : '61 by -47 ; '61 by -49 ; '63 by -49 ; -62 by 



48. 



1. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



3. Tasmania ( W. H. Bignold}. Crowley Bequest. 



Rhipidura nebulosa, Peale. 



The sole egg of the Samoan Fantail Flycatcher in the Collection 

 is of a dark cream-colour and very heavily marked over the entire 

 larger half. It is fractured and the dimensions cannot be given. 



1. Samoa. Rev. S. J. Whitinee [0.]. 



Rhipidura fuliginosa (Sparrm.). 



Rhipidura fuliginosa, Potts, Trans. New Zeal Inst. ii. p. <63 (1809); 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv.p. 316 (1879) ; Buller, Birds New Zeal. 



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