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coloration they arc light salmon-pink or whitish-pink spotted with 

 red and lilac, the spots being almost confined to the broader end, 

 and, in the clutch from Ishigaki Island, forming a zone. They 

 measure from *78 to -85 in length, and from -59 to '62 in breadth. 



4. Ishigaki Isl., Liu-Kin Islands, \Y. Radclifl'o Saunders, Esq. 



1st June. [P.]. 



4. Fuji, 2nd June. W. Hadcliffe Sauuders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus RHINOMYIAS, Sharpe. 



Rhinomyias pectoralis (Sahad.). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 2.) 



Rliinomyias pectoralis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 308 (1879) ; id. 

 Ibis, 1889, p. 201 ; id. Hand-l. iii. p. 266 (1901). 



The eggs of the Pectoral Fb catcher are of a broad oval form and 

 moderately glossy. They are of a pale greyish-green colour, densely 

 mottled all over with pale rufous grey and lavender. Three examples 

 measure respectively : '72 by '55; '67 by '55; '71 by -55. 



3. Mt. Kina Balu, Borneo, Feb. (/. Crowley Bequest. 

 Whitehead). 



Rhinomyias albigularis, Bourns fy Worcester. 



Rhiiiomyias albigiilaris, Bourns $ Worcester, Occ. Papers Minn. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. i. p. 27 (1894) ; Grant $ Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 237, pi. v. 

 iig. 3; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 267 (1901). 



One of the eggs of the White-throated Flycatcher in the Collection 

 is of an elliptical, the other of a blunt oval form, and both are 

 glossy. The ground, hardly any of which is distinctly visible, 

 appears to be of a reddish cream-colour, and it is very thickly 

 mottled and clouded all over with reddish brown. The two specimens 

 measure respectively : '89 by -65 ; -87 by *65. 



2. Cauloan Volcano, Central Negros, J. Whitehead, Esq. [0.]. 

 Philippines, 21st March. 



Rhinomyias gularis, Sharpe. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 1.) 



Rhinomyias gularis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 385 ; 1889, p. 201 ; id. Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 267 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-throated Flycatcher in the Collection are 

 of a blunt oval form and slightly glossy. They are of a pale greyish- 

 green colour, freckled all over with pale brownish chestnut, the 

 markings also forming an indistinct band of brighter colour round 



