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8. Mongphoo, Darjiling (J. G.}. Hume Coll. 



2. Mongphoo (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



3. Mongphoo, 16th April (J. G.}. Hume Coll. 

 2. Mongphoo, 24th April (J. G.}. Hume Coll. 

 2. Mongphoo, 30th April (7. G.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Faridpur, E. Bengal, 16th April Hume Coll. 



(J. R. Cripps). 



2. Faridpur, 17th April (J. R. (7.). Hume Coll. 



1. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 17th Hume Coll. 



May (Miss Cockburri). 



1. Akyab, Burma (E. R. Shopland}. Crowley Bequest. 



Artamus superciliosus (Gould). 

 (Plate XI. fig. 15.) 



Artamus superciliosus, Gould, Handb. Birds Amtr. i. p. 152 (1865) ; 

 North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 47 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xiii. p. 15 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 120 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 463, pi. 15 (1901) ; Sharpe, 

 Handr-l. iv. p. 261 (1903). 



The eggs of the White-eyebrowed Wood-Swallew are of an oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. They are pale greyish green, densely 

 mottled and streaked all over with umber-brown and under-lying 

 purplish grey. They measure from '8 to *95 in length, and from 

 64 to -68 in breadth. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, llth Dec. Crowley Bequest. 

 (North ColL}. 



2. New South Wales (E. P. Ramsay}. Crowley Bequest 



3. Albert Park, Melbourne, 20th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North}. 



3. Victoria, Australia. Government of Victoria [P.l 



5. Victoria. Government of Victoria [P.]. 



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



Artamus personatus (Gould}. 



Artamus personatus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 150 (18B5) ; North, 

 Nests 8? Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 44 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xiii. p. 16 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 120 (1899) ; Campbell, 

 Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 466 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. 

 p, 261 (1903). 



The eggs of the Masked Wood-Swallow resemble those of 

 A. superciliosus very closely, but some specimens are less densely 

 marked, leaving much more of the ground-colour visible. They 

 measure from -83 to -92 in length, and from -61 to -68 in breadth. 



1. Swan River, West Australia, Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(J. G. Bostock ; Tristram Coll.}. 



2. West Australia ( Wilson}. Gould Coll. 



