MTIAQEA. CEYPTOLOPHA. 285 



Myiagra oceanica, Jacq. fy Pucker. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 5.) 



Myiagra oceanica, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 383 (1879) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml p. 30 (1899) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1900, p. 5 : 

 Sharpe, Hand-l iii. p. 271 (1901). 



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

 blunt oval form and nearly devoid of all gloss. They are cream- 

 coloured, marked, almost entirely, in the form of a well-defined zone 

 round the broad end, with blotches and clouds of brown and 

 lavender. They measure respectively : '82 by -61 ; -83 by -63 ; 

 79 by -62. 



1. Caroline Islands (Nekrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Ruk Island, Caroline Islands, 10th Crowley Bequest. 



May and 19th June (Tring 

 Museum). 



Genus CKYPTOLOPHA, Swains. 



The eggs of the Flycatchers of this genus are of a broad oval 

 shape, exhibit little or no gloss, and are of a plain white colour. 



Cryptolopha ricketti, Slater. 



Cryptolopha ricketti, Slater, Ibis, 1897, p. 174; La Touche, Ibis, 1899, 

 p. 425; Sharpe, Hand-Liu, p. 272 (1901). 



Two eggs of Rickett's Flycatcher- Warbler measure respectively : 

 56 by -45 ; -62 by -47. 



1. Kuatun, Foh-kien, China, May. J. D. La Touche, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Kuatun, May (J. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 



Cryptolopha xanthoschista (Hodys.). 



Cryptolopha xanthoschista, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 398 (1879) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 425 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 

 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 270 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 273 

 (1901). 



The eggs of Hodgson's Grey-headed Flycatcher-Warbler measure 

 from *54 to *63 in length, and from '45 to *5 in breadth. 



1. N.W. Himalayas, 27th March ( W. Crowley Bequest. 

 E. Brooks : Tristram Coll.). 



1. Dharumsala, 10th April (C. R. Hume Coll. 



f Cock). 



3. Sikhiin (J. Gammie). Hurne Coll. 



2. Sikhim, 27th March (J. G.). ' Hume Coll. 



4. Mongphoo, Darjiling (J. G.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Mongphoo, llth April (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



3. Lebong, Sikhina (L. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 



