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31. Mongphoo, Sikhim (J. Gaintnie). Hume Coll. 

 4. Darjiling, 19th April, Hume Coll. 



3. Darjiling', May. Hume Coll. 



Stoparola sordida ( Walden). 



Stoparola sordida, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 440 (1879) ; Legge, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 419 (1879) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, il p, 29 

 (1890) ;k ed Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 11 (1890); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l iii. p. 286 (1901). 



The eggs of the Dusky Blue Flycatcher in the Collection are 

 profusely freckled with rufous. They measure '82 by *59 j '84 by 

 59 respectively. 



2. Ceylon, 3rd May (A. L. Butler}. Crowley Bequest. 



Family CAMPOPHAGID^l. 



Genus PTEROPODOCYS, Gould. 



Pteropodocys phasianella (Gould}. 



Pteropodocys phasianella, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 199 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 22 (1879) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N.S. W. vii. p. 47, pi. 3. fig. 1 (1882) ; North, Nests $ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 76, pi. ix. fig. 2 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 22 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 95, pi. 7 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 290 (1901). 



The eggs of the Ground Cuckoo-Shrike in the Collection are of a 

 pointed oval shape and excessively glossy. One specimen is of an 

 olive-green colour, faintly mottled here and there with a darker 

 shade of the same tint. Another is of a dull olive-green colour, 

 with a faint rufous wash over the larger end and a few dark specks. 

 They measure respectively : 1'36 by '92 ; ] -2 by '96. 



1. Australia (E. P. Seymour}. Crowley Bequest. 



1. New South Wales, 19th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(North Coll.}. 



Genus GrRAUCALUS, Guv. 



Graucalus cinereus (P. L. S. Mull.}. 



Graucalus cinereus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 28 (1879) ; id. Hand-l. 



iii. p. 291 (1901). 



Campephaga cana, Coivan, Proc, R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 148 (1882). 

 Campephaga cinerea, Milne- Edwards Sf Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., 



Ois. ii. p. 393, pi. 304. fig. 4 (1885). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Cuckoo-Shrike are of a somewhat 

 lengthened oval shape and exhibit but little gloss. They are of a 

 pinkish-white colour, marked with spots and blotches of deep reddish 



