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The eggs of the Chinese Paradise Flycatcher are not separable 

 from those of T. paradisi. They measure from '72 to '88 in length, 

 and from -55 to -59 in breadth. 



4. Foochow, China, 26th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Foochow, 21st May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



Terpsiphone nmtata (Linn.). 



Tchitrea pretiosa, E. Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 347. 



Terpsiphone mutata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 351 (1879) ; Cowan, 

 Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 148 (1882) ; Milne-Edwards $ Gran- 

 didier, Hist Nat. Maday., Ois. ii. p. 387, pi. 304. fig. 1 (1885) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 29 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 264 (1901). 



Three eggs of the Madagascar Paradise Flycatcher, forming a 

 clutch, are of a pale salmon-pink colour, densely speckled over the 

 larger half with pale chestnut and lavender, and resemble many of 

 the eggs of T. paradisi. Three eggs, forming another clutch, are 

 of a pinkish-white colour, heavily blotched round the larger end, in 

 the form of a broad and irregular zone, with brownish pink, lilac 

 and lavender. Six examples measure from '72 to '76 in length, and 

 from '55 to *57 in breadth. 



3. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.J. 



3. Madagascar (E. Newton : Tristram Crowley Bequest- 

 Coll.). 



Terpsiphone perspicillata, Swains. 



Terpsiphone cristata, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 352 (1875 

 84). 



Terpsiphone perspicillata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 357 (1879) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 29 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 264 

 (1901) ; Stark $ Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 261 (1901). 



The eggs of the South-African Paradise Flycatcher in the Col- 

 lection are of a narrow oval form, and do not differ from those of 

 T. paradisi. They measure respectively : '83 by -54 ; '8 by '55 ; 

 8 by -55. 



3. South Africa. Purchased. 



Terpsiphone princeps (Temm.). 



Tchitrea princeps, Blak. $ Pryer, Ibis. 1878, p. 234. 



Terpsiphone princeps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 361 (1879) ; Seebohm, 



Birds Japan. Emp. p. 63 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 29 



(1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 265 (1901). 



The eggs of the Japanese Paradise Flycatcher in the Collection 

 are of a regular oval form with a small amount of gloss. In 



