268 PK10NOPID2E. 



Genus PINAKOLESTES, Sharpe. 

 Pinarolestes parvulus (Gould). 



Colluricincla parvula, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 225 (1865). 

 Pinarolestes parvulus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 296 (1877) ; 



Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 92 (1901); Sharpe, 



Hand-l iv. p. 270 (1903). 

 Collyriocincla parvula, North, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 81 (1889). 



The eggs of the Little Grey Shrike-Thrush resemble those of 

 the various species of Collyriocichla described above. They measure 

 from -93 to 1-03 in length, and from *7 to '77 in breadth. 



2. Cape York, North Australia (J. Mac- Gould Coll. 



gillivray}. 



1. Cape York. Gould Coll. 



1. Port Essington (Wilson). Gould Coll. 



2. Kockhampton Bay, Queensland, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(North Coll}. 



Pinarolestes gouldi, Gray. 



Pinarolestes rufigaster, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 296, part. (1877). 

 Collyriocincla parvissima, North, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 83, 



pi. viii. fig. 1 (1889). 



Collyriocincla gouldi, G. R. Gray ; Robinson fy Laverock, Ibis, 1900, p. 627. 

 Pinarolestes parvissiina, Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p 94 



(1901). 



The eggs of the Lesser Eufous-bellied Shrike-Thrush are of a 

 regular oval form and moderately glossy. They are white, spotted 

 and blotched with olive-brown or reddish brown and slaty grey. 

 The markings are smaller and more numerous than in the eggs of 

 the species of Collyriocichla, to which they bear a general resemblance. 

 They measure from *85 to 1 in length, and from *7 to *75 in 

 breadth. 



3. Somerset, Cape York, 27th Dec. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 

 2. Somerset, 4th Jan. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [0.1. 

 2. Somerset, 2nd Fob. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 

 1. Herbert River, Queensland. S. Boyd, Esq. [P.]. 



Pinarolestes rufiventris, Sharpe. 

 (Plate XII. fig. 8.) 



Pinarolestes rufigaster, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 296, part, (1877) ; 



Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 93 (1901). 

 Collyriocincla rufigaster, North, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 83 



(1889). 

 Pinarolestes rufiventris, Sharpe, Sand-l. iv. p. 270 (1903). 



The eggs of the Rufous-breasted Shrike-Thrush in the Collection 



