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Graucalus mentalis, Tig. $ Horsf. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 13.) 



Graucalus mentalis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 195(186o) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 37 (1879) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 75, pi. ix. fig. 3 (1889) ; Le Souef, Viet. Nat. xvi. p. 64 

 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 98 (1901) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 293 (1901). 



The egg of the Varied Cuckoo-Shrike in the Collection is of a 

 regular oval form and has a considerable amount of gloss. It is of 

 an olive-brown colour, thickly spotted and smeared with brown and 

 lavender. At the broader end there are, in addition, a few deep 

 reddish-brown spots. It measures I'l by *82. 



1. New South Wales ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



Graucalus lineatus (Swains.). 



Graucalus swainsonii, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 197 (1865) ; 



Le Souef, Ibis, 1896, p. 314. 

 Graucalus lineatus, Sliarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 40 (1879) ; Campbell, 



Nests # Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 99, pi. 7 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l.\\\. 



p. 293 (1901). 



An egg of the Barred Cuckoo-Shrike in the Collection is of a 

 regular oval shape and almost devoid of all gloss. It is of a white 

 colour, thickly spotted, in the form of a broad zone round the larger 

 end of the egg, with umber-brown and lavender. The markings are 

 small, round and well-defined. This specimen measures 1'13 by 

 81. 



1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



Genus EDOLIISOMA, Jacq. $ Pucker. 

 Edoliisoma caerulescens (Blyih). 



Edoliisoma CEerulescens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 44 (1879) ; 

 Grant $ Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 235, pi. vi. fig. 3; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 294 (1901). 



An egg of the Luzon Cuckoo-Shrike in the Collection is of a 

 regular oval shape and almost entirely devoid of gloss. It is of a 

 pale blue colour, speckled and dotted with dark umber-brown and 

 underlying pale grey. The markings are very evenly distributed 

 over the entire shell. It measures: I'll by "81. 



1. Benguet District, North-west J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



Luzon, 14th March. 



