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3. Saugor, 28th July (F. R. B.}. Hume Coll. 



5. Raipur, C. Provs. Hume Coll. 



2. Raipur, 20th June. Hume Coll. 



Rhipidura tricolor ( Vieill.}. 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 20.) 



Sauloprocta motacilloides, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. j). 244 (1865) ; 



Forth, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 88 (1889). 

 Sauloprocta picata, Gould, torn. cit. p. 246. 



Rhipidura tricolor, Sharpe, Cat,. Birds B. M. iv. p. 339 (1879) ; Le Souef, 

 ' Viet. Nat. xvi. p. 65 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 29 (1899) ; 



Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 116, pi. 8 (1901) 5 Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iii. p. 261 (1901). 

 Sauloprocta melaleuca, Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 296. 



The eggs of the Black-and-White Fantail Flycatcher are of a 

 creamy-buff colour, and the markings forming the zone are, in many 

 cases, very dark. They measure from '76 to '81 in length, and 

 from -54 to *6 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Queensland. Gould Coll. 



3. Dawson River, Queensland, 8th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



4. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 

 3. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



3. D^royde, N.S.W., Oct. (E. P. Crowley Bequest. 

 Ramsay}. 



2. Dobroyde, Oct. (E. P. Ramsay : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.}. 



3. Liverpool, N.S.W., 16th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North}. 



2. South Australia (G. F. Angas}. Gould Coll. 



3. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



3. Burra Creek, Australia, 15th Oct. E. S. Moulden, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Amboina. Crowley Bequest. 



2. New Britain (E. L. Layard : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.}. 



Genus ZEOCEPHUS, Bp. 



Zeocephus ruf us (Gray). 



Zeocephus rufus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 343 (1879) ; Grant 8f 

 Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 235, pi. v. fig'. 4 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 29 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 262 (1901). 



The eggs of the Chestnut Flycatcher in the Collection are of a 

 regular oval form and exhibit a small amount of gloss. They are 

 white, spotted and blotched with chestnut and lilac, chiefly at the 

 broad end. They measure respectively : '84 by '62 ; -83 by -61 ; 

 85 by -62. 



3. Cape Engano, N.E. Luzon, 24th J. Whitehead Esq. [C.]. 



April. 



