294 LANI1D.Z. 



Pomatorhynchus tschagra ( Vieill.). 

 (Plate XIII. fig. 10.) 



Telephonus tschagra, Loche, Erpl. Scient. Alger., Ois. ii. p. 44 (1867). 

 Telephonus cucu.l\3itus,Baedeker*, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 52. fig. 9 (1855-63) ; 



Tristram, Ibis, 1860, p. 150 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 70 (1899). 

 Telephonus erythropterus, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 423 (1872). 

 Telephonus cucullatus, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 126 (1883). 

 Pomatorhynclms tschagra, Sharps, Hand-l. iv. p. 301 (19U3). 



The eggs of the Hooded Shrike in the Collection are almost 

 elliptical in shape and but very slightly glossy. They are of a 

 greenish-white colour, densely mottled with olive or umber-brown 

 and lavender. The markings are very evenly distributed over the 

 shell. Two examples measure respectively : 1 by '72 ; 1-03 by '77. 



1. Algeria (Loche). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Koleah Forest, Algeria, llth June Crowley Bequest. 

 (H. B. Tristram). 



Genus PALCUNCULUS, Vieill. 



Falcunculus leucogaster, Gould. 



(Plate XIII. fig. 12.) 



Falcunculus leucogaster, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 229 (1865) ; 

 Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 174 (1883) ; North, Nests $ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 69 (1889); Campbell, Nests % Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 i. p. 309 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 302 (1903). 



An egg of the White-bellied Shrike-Tit in the Collection is of a 

 somewhat narrow oval form and almost devoid of gloss. It is 

 white, speckled, more densely at the broad end than elsewhere, with 

 umber-brown and lavender. It measures *88 by *62. 



1. West Australia, 7th Oct. (Gilbert}. Gould Coll. 



Genus OREOICA, Gould. 



Oreoica cristata (Lewin). 



(Plate XIII. fig. 11.) 



Oreoica gutturalis, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxx. fig. 17 (1845- 



54). 

 Oreoica crista.ta, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 231 (1865) ; Gadow, 



Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 174 (1883) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 



Birds, p. 70, pi. viii. fig. 6 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 70 



(1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 310, pi. 12 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 303 (1903). 



* Baedeker (torn. cit. tab. 52. fig. 8) figures the egg of this species a second 

 time, under the name of T. erythropterus. Bree, on the other hand, figures 

 the egg of P. senegalus as that of the present species (Birds Eur. 2nd ed. ii. 

 p. 25, pi.). 



