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the same type as those of E. albifrons, being white, speckled, 

 chiefly at the broad end, with two shades of purplish-brown. It 

 measures *67 by '54, 



1. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



Genus HENICURUS, Temim. 



Henicurus leschenaulti ( Vieill.). 



Henicurus leschenaulti, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 313 (1883) ; 

 Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 86 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 57 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 148 (1903). 



The eggs of Leschenault's Fork-tail in the Collection are of an 

 ordinary oval shape and slightly glossy. They are of a pinkish- 

 cream or stone-colour, irregularly spotted all over, but not thickly, 

 with umber-brown and pale under-lying violet. They measure 

 respectively : '99 by '71 ; 1-0 by '7. 



2. Java, 22nd April. Crowley Bequest. 



Henicurus immaculatus, Hodgs. 



HerJcurus immaculatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 314 (1883) ; 

 Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 85 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 

 fy Eggs Ind. Birds ii. p. 62 (1890) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersarnml. p. 58 

 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 149 (1903). 



An egg of the Black-backed Fork- tail is of a regular oval form 

 and possesses a small amount of gloss. It is of an extremely pale 

 bluish-white colour, sparingly blotched and spotted, except at the 

 larger end, where the markings are confluent and form a pronounced 

 cap, with very pale rufous and lilac-grey. It measures -85 

 by -63. 



1. Baunee, Pegu Hills, 20th April Gates Coll. 



(E. W. dates). 



Henicurus schistaceus, Hodgs. 



Henicurus schistaceus, Sharpe, Cat, Birds B. M. vii. p. 315 (1883) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind,, Birds, ii. p. 84 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 

 # Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 60 (1890) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 194; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 58 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 149 

 (1903). 



The ground-colour of Indian eggs of the Slaty-backed Fork-tail is 

 of the faintest possible tint of bluish white ; the shell, which is very 

 delicate in texture and rather glossy, is sparingly dotted and blotched 

 with two shades of brownish red, these markings increasing in 

 number and intensity towards the larger end, where thejr form a 

 more or less conspicuous cap. Underlying this cap are some faint 

 lavender blolchcs. An egg from China is of a different type, being 



