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and purplish brown and lavender, densely round the large end in 

 the form of a broad and more or less confluent zone, sparsely else- 

 where. They measure from T04 to 1-15 in length, and from *7 to 

 75 in breadth. 



5. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. \V. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



Graucalus melanops (Lath.}. 



Graucalus melanops, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 192 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 30 (1879) ; Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. 

 p. 66 (1888) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 74, pi. ix. fig. 4 

 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 22 (1899); Le Souef, Viet. Nat. 

 xvi. p. 64 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 96, pi. 7. 

 (1901) j Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 291 (1901). 



The eggs of the Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike are of a regular oval 

 shape and exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. The ground- 

 colour varies from green, pale olive or pale olive-brown to greenish 

 stone-colour and is spotted, blotched and streaked with umber- 

 brown or chestnut-brown and lavender-grey. Specimens measure 

 from 1-23 to 1-3 in length, and from -87 to *91 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Australia (E.P. Ramsay}. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Australia. W. Ra'dcliffe Saunders. Esq. 



[P.]. 



3. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Bell River, N.S. W. (E. P. Ramsay : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Murray River, 4th Oct. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq.,K.C. [P.]. 



3. Hastings, Western Point, Victoria, Crowley Bequest. 



18th Sept. (North Coll.). 

 3. Somerville, Victoria, 3rd Nov. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 3. Victoria. Govt. of Victoria [P.]. 



Graucalus parvirostris, Gould. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 9.) 



Graucalus parvirostris, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 194 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, 'Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 32 (1879) ; North, Nests $ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 75 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 22 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 97 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 291 (1901). 



The eggs of the Short-billed Cuckoo-Shrike are of quite the same 

 character as those of G. melanops. Five examples measure 

 respectively : 1-3 by "83 ; 1-27 by -9 ; 1*26 by -87 ; 1-3 by -88 ; 

 1-25 by -89. 



2. Tasmania (C. Gould). Gould Coll. 

 1. Tasmania ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



1. Tasmania (E. D. Atkinson). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Tasmania (W. H. Bignold). Crowley Bequest. 



