278 MUSCICAPID2E. 



2. Marinduque, Philippines, 8th May. Steere Exped. 



3. Marinduque, 12th May. Steere Exped. 



1. Cebu (Kock). Orowley Bequest. 



1. Luzon (Schadenlery). Crowley Bequest. 



Rhipidura pectoralis (Jerd.). 



Hhipidura pectoralis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 335 (1879) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. 2nd,, Birds, ii. p. 55 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 38 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 29 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 261 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-spotted Fantail Flycatcher vary in ground- 

 colour from white to pale creamy buff, and are marked at the broad 

 end with a more or less well-defined zone. They measure from '65 to 

 *7 in length, and from -47 to *5 in breadth. 



3. Dhubir, Khandesh, India, 10th Hume Coll. 

 June. 



2. Honsoor, Mysore, 25th June (J. Hume Coll. 



Macpherson). 

 1. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 22nd Hume Coll. 



May (Miss Cockburri). 

 1. Kotagherry, 2Gth May (Miss Cock- Hume Coll. 



burn). 



Rhipidura albifrontata, FranTd. 



Elripidura albifrontata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 338 (1879) ; 

 Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 412 (1879) ; Gates, Fauna Brit. Lid., Birds, 

 ii.'p. 52 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 31 

 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 29 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. 

 p. 261 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-browed Fantail Flycatcher are very uni- 

 form, the ground varying from white in some specimens to various 

 shades of cream -colour, or pale brownish yellow in others. The 

 markings are almost entirely confined to a broad zone round the 

 larger end. Examples measure from '6 to '68 in length, aud from 

 47 to *54 in breadth. 



1. India. Crowley Bequest. 



]. Delhi, 8th July (C. T. Binyhani). Hume Coll. 



1. N.W. Provinces, 27th March Crowley Bequest. 



(W. E. Brooks). 



2. Agra, 30th July. Hume Coll. 

 2. Baraitch, May. Hume Coll. 



1. Mirzapur(JF.Jj&ro0&: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



2. Allahabad, 3rd July (A. O. Hume). H ume Coll. 

 9. Allahabad, 17th July (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



1. Deesa, 22nd July (E. A. Butler). Hume Coll, 



2. Jhansi, July (F. R. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 

 2. Jhansi, Aug. (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Saugor, C. Provs., 24th July Hume Coll. 



(F. R. B.), 



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