4 TIMELTIDJ3. 



Genus HYLACOLA, Gould. 



Hylacola cauta, Gould. 

 (Plate III. fig. 17.) 



Hylarola oauta, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 347 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 347 (1883) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 58 

 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 264, pi. 11 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 4 (1903). 



An egg of the Rufous-rumped Ground-Wren in the Collection is 

 of a broad oval shape and moderately glossy. It is of a purplish- 

 brown colour, mottled, almost entirely at the broad end, with a 

 darker shade of the same. It measures '86 by '65. 



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



Genus PSOPHODES, Vig. $ Horsf. 



Psophod.es crepitans (Lath.). 



Psophodes crepitans, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 312 (1864) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 350 (1883) ; North, Nests # Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 72, pi. viii. fig. 7 (1889) ; Nehrk.' Kat. Eiersamml. p. 58 

 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 265, pi. 11 (1901) ; 

 Sharpe j Hand-l. iv. p. 5 (1903). 



The eggs of the Coach- whip Bird are of a regular oval form and are 

 almost devoid of gloss. The ground is of an exceedingly pale greenish- 

 white colour or pale greenish blue, and this is sparingly marked, 

 except at the broad end of the egg, where the markings are more 

 numerous and form an indistinct cap, with specks, spots, small 

 blotches, and short scrawls of black and underlying pale purple. 

 They measure from 1*08 to 1'2 inch in length, and from *78 to 

 83 in breadth. 



2. Australia. Crowley Bequest. 

 2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales, 4th July. Gould Coll. 



2. llichmond River, N.S.W., 20th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North}. 

 2. Gippsland, Victoria, Nov. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2. Whittlesea Ranges, Victoria, Dec. W. Radcliffe Saunders. Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. Bairnsdale, Victoria. 3rd Aug. Crowley Bequest. 

 (A. J. N.). 



Genus PTEROKHINUS, Swinh. 



Pterorhiims davidi, Swinh. 



(Plate III. fig. 18.) 



Pterorhinus davidi, David $ Oustalet, Ois. Chine, p. 187, pi. 50 (1877) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 353 (1883) ; Pleske in Prjev. Reisen, 

 Avon, p. 133 (1890) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. i. p. 672 (1894) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand- 1. iv. p. 6 (1903). 



