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of the shell, or very finely marked all over the shell with brown 

 and underlying grey dots. They measure '75 to *78 by *57 to 

 58 inch. 



1. Australia (Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Yarra Kiver, Victoria, 24th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North}. 



Sericornis magnirostris (Gould}. 



Sericornis magnirostris, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 362 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 305 (1883) ; North, Nests $ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 132 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 57 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 247, pi. 10 (1901); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 221 (1903). 



The eggs of the Large-billed Scrub-Warbler in the Collection are 

 of a very regular oval form and moderately glossy. The ground- 

 colour varies from white to pale brownish pink. In two specimens, 

 the markings are confined almost entirely to the broad end, where 

 they form a zone of confluent purplish-brown spots, intermingled 

 with a few black spots and short lines. A third specimen is simi- 

 larly marked at the broad end, but is also covered with some cob- 

 web-like smears and lines which run over the whole surface of the 

 shell. Three specimens measure respectively : *76 by '59 ; *76 by 

 6 ; -79 by -59. 



3. New South Wales, 28th Oct. Gould Coll. 



( Wilson). 



Sericornis humllis, Gould. 

 (Plate X. figs. 11 & 12.) 



Sericornis humilis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 356 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 310 (1883) ; North, Nests fy Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 130 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 57 (1899) ; Camp- 

 bell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 251 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l iv. 

 p. 222 (1903). 



The eggs of the Brown Scrub-Warbler in the Collection are of an 

 oval shape, but somewhat pointed at the broad end, and they 

 possess a small amount of gloss. The ground-colour varies from 

 pinkish white to pale brownish pink, and is marked with specks, 

 lines, and streaks of purplish brown. In one specimen the markings 

 form a dense confluent cap at the broad end ; in two others the cap 

 is very faintly indicated. Three examples measure respectively : 

 9 by -62 ; -91 by -68 ; -98 by -68. 



3. Tasmania (C. Gould}. Gould Coll. 



1. Tasmania (E. D. Atkinson}. Crowley Bequest. 



