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Genus SERICORNIS, Gould. 

 Sericornis brunnea (Gould). 



Pyrrholaemus brunneus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 384 ; Ramsay, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. vii. p. 49, pi. 3. fig. 8 (1882) ; North, Nests 

 $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 145 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, i. p. 442, pi. 10 (1901). 



Sericornis brunnea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 302 (1883) ; id. 

 Hand-L iv. p. 220 (1903). 



The egg of the Red-throated Scrub-Warbler in the Collection is 

 of a very blunt oval form and moderately glossy. It is of a pale 

 buff colour, marked at the broad end with a dense cap of deep 

 purplish brown. It measures -77 by '59. 



1. Australia. Purchased. 



Sericornis citreigularis, Gould. 



Sericornis citreogularis, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxiii. fig. 16 

 (1845-54) ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 354 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 302 (1883) ; North, Nests % Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 129, pi. ix. fig. 5 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 57 

 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 243, pi. 10 

 (1901). 



Sericornis citreigularis, Sharpe, Hand-L iv. p. 220 (1903). 



The eggs of the Yellow-throated Scrub-Warbler are of a pointed 

 oval form and exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. They are 

 purplish buff or chocolate-brown, marked at the broad end with a 

 cap or zone of a darker shade of the same colour. Examples 

 measure from -93 to 1-03 in length, and from '67 to '7 in breadth. 



5. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. Richmond River, March Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



Sericornis frontalis (Vig. fy Horsf.}. 

 (Plate X. figs. 10 & 13.) 



Sericornis frontalis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 359 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 303 (1883) ; North, Nests % Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 131 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 57 (1899) ; Camp- 

 bell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 245 (1901) ; Sharpe. Hand-L iv. 

 p. 220 (1903). 



The eggs of the White-browed Scrub-Warbler are of a pointed 

 oval form and somewhat glossed. They are pale purplish buff or 

 whitish buff, either marked at the large end with a cap or zone 

 of darker purplish-brown spots and lavender-grey clouded blotches, 

 and with a few scattered markings of the same colour over the rest 



