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TIMELIID^E. 



and clouded, especially at the broad end, with purplish brown and 

 lavender. They measure from -85 to -9 in length, and from '67 to 

 71 in breadth. 



3. A ustralia. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Cape Otway, Victoria (E. P. Crowley Bequest. 



Seymour). 



1. Tasmania ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



Calamanthus campestris (Gould). 

 (Plate I. fig. 11.) 



Calamanthus campestris, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 389 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 502 (1883); North, Nests fy Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 148 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 62 (1899 J ; 

 Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 279 (1901) ; Sharpe t 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 25 (1903). 



The eggs of the Australian Field Babbler resemble those of 

 C. fuliginosus, but are somewhat more richly coloured. Two 

 specimens, however, in the Collection are of a light chocolate 

 colour, with a darker zone round the broad end of the egg. 

 Specimens measure from *75 to -82 in length, and from -57 to '62 

 in breadth. 



2. West Australia, Oct. Gould Coll. 



2. West Australia (Wilson). Gould Coll. 



3. West Australia, 19th Sept. Gould Coll. 



Genus CINCLORHAMPHUS, Gould. 

 Cinclorhamphus cruralis ( Vig. $ Horsf.). 



Cinclorhamphus cruralis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 394 (1865) 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 498 (1883) ; North, Nests 8f Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 152 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 62 (1899); 

 Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 275, pi. 11 (1901) j 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 26 (1903). 



Cinclorhamphus cantillaus, Gould, torn. cit. p. 395 ; Ramsay, Ibis, 1866, 

 p. 328. 



The eggs of the Australian Black-breasted Babbler are of a 

 pointed oval shape, moderately glossy, and of very variable size. 

 They are of two types : in one, the commonest, the ground-colour 

 is pinkish white, thickly speckled and mottled with rufous and 

 lavender or lilac ; in the other the ground-colour is pinkish white, 

 mottled with pale lavender only. Specimens measure from '87 to 

 1'02 in length, and from '66 to '7 in breadth. 



2. Australia. Purchased. 



2. Australia. Crowley Bequest. 



1. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



3. South Australia, 1st Nov. (Angas). Gould Coll. 

 3. South Australia ( White). Gould Coll. 



2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 

 2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



