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3. Victoria. Government of Victoria [P.]. 



4. Victoria. Government of Victoria [P.]. 

 2. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq., K.C. [P.]. 

 4. Hastings, Victoria, 29th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North}. 



Collyriocichla rectirostris, Jard. $ Selb. 

 Colluricincla selbii, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 224 (1865). 

 Collyriocincla rectirostris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 291 (1877) ; 



North, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 82 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiermmml. p. 21 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 



p. 90(1901). 

 Collyriocichla rectirostris, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 269 (1903). 



The eggs of Selby's Shrike-Thrush in the Collection measure 

 1-12 by -77 ; 1-15 by -82; 1-2 by -89 respectively. 



1. Tasmania (C. Gould}. Gould Coll. 



2. Tasmania. Crowley Bequest. 



Collyriocichla brunnea, Gould. 



(Plate XII. figs. 2 & 3.) 



Colluricincla brunnea, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 233 (1865). 

 Collyriocincla brunnea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 291 (1877) ; 



North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 81 (1889) ; Le Souef, Viet. 



Nat. xvi. p. 64 (1899); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 21 (1899); 



Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 91 (1901). 

 Collyriocichla brunnea, Sharpe, Hand-l. B. iv. p. 269 (1903). 



The eggs of the Brown Shrike-Thrush are of a very broad oval 

 shape and almost devoid of all gloss. Three examples measure 

 respectively : 1-11 by -9 ; 1-17 by '87 ; 1-13 by -89. They are 

 rather more richly coloured than is usual in the eggs of the birds 

 of this genus, the darker markings having a decided purplish or 

 reddish tinge. 



3. Mount Victoria, British New Guinea Crowley Bequest. 



(W. Anthony). 



Collyriocichla rufiventris, Gould. 



Colluricincla rufiventris, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vb'g. tab. xxx. fig. 14 

 (1845-54) ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 222 (1865). 



Collyriocincla rufiventris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 292 (1877) ; 

 North, Nests # Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 82 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests 8p 

 Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 91 (1901). 



Collyriocichla rufiventris, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 269 (1903). 



The eggs of the Buff-bellied Shrike-Thrush in the Collection 

 measure from '92 to 1*12 in length, and from '72 to '83 in breadth. 



1. Cape York, Australia. Capt. Stanley [P.]. 



2. North-west Australia. Gould ColL 

 2. West Australia, 9th Oct. Gould Coll. 



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

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



