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2nd ed. i. p. 72 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 28 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 254 (1901). 



The eggs of the New-Zealand Black Fantail Flycatcher in the 

 Collection have a nearly pure white ground-colour and the markings 

 form a more or less well-defined zone. They measure respectively : 

 62 by -49; '65 by -5 ; -6 by -49 ; -6 by '48. 



2. Nelson, New Zealand, Oct. ( W. P. Crowley Bequest. 

 Howlett: Tristram Coll.}. 



1. Canterbury, New Zealand. Capt. R. Snow [P.]. 

 1. Canterbury (E. P. Seymour}. Crowley Bequest. 



Rhipidura albicollis (Vieill.). 



Rhipidura fuscoveutris, Jard. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 99, pi. xcii. 



Rhipidura albicollis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 317 (1879) ; Gates, 

 Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, ii. p. 53 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 35 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 254 

 (1901). 



The eggs of the Indian "White-throated Fantail Flycatcher vary 

 from white to yellowish buff in ground-colour and have the mark- 

 ings disposed in varied forms. They measure from -65 to -7 in 

 length, and from -47 to -52 in breadtn. 



2. India. Hume Coll. 

 2. Sikhiin. Hume Coll. 

 2. Dehra Dhoon. Hume Coll. 

 2. Raipur, C. Provs., Hume Coll. 



1. Fureedpur, Bengal, 18th May Hume Coll. 



(.7. R. Cripps}. 



Rhipidura rufifrons (Lath.). 



Rhipidura rufifrons, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 240 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 319 (1879) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S. W. 2nd ser. i. p. 1143 (1886); North, Xests $ Eyas Austr. 

 Birds, p. 87 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 28 (1899) ; Camp- 

 bell, Nests Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 112, pi. 8 (1901) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 255 (1901). 



The eggs of the Rufous Fantail Flycatcher in the Collection are 

 of a yellowish-buff colour, with a broad zone of confluent spots 

 round the broad end. They measure respectively : '71 by '52 ; 

 71 by -5. 



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



(A. J. Campbell}. 



Rhipidura cyaniceps (Cass.). 



(Plate Till. fig. 17.) 

 Rhipidura cyaniceps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 323 (1879) ; Grant, 



