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PAKID;E. 



Genus APHELOCEPHALA, Oberh. 

 Aphelocephala leucopsis (Gould). 



Xerophila leucopsis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 382 (1865); 

 Ramsay, P. L. S. N.S.W. vii. p. 407, pi. 3. fig. 7 (1882); Gadow, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 73 (1883) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 150, pi. ix. fig-. 14 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 68 

 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 287, pi. 11 

 (1901). 



Aphelocephala leucopsis, Sharpe, Hand-L iv. p. 342 (1903). 



The eggs of the White-faced Titmouse are of a pointed, but 

 broad, oval form, and have a fair amount of gloss. They are 

 described by Eamsay as being " of a dull white thickly spotted 

 and freckled all over with reddish-brown, dull chocolate-brown, or 

 dark wood-brown ; in some specimens the whole of the ground- 

 colour is obscured by reddish-brown freckles, others have a zone of 

 confluent spots of dark blackish-brown on the larger end and only a 

 few dots or freckles on the remaining portion ; average length '7 

 by '53 inch." Two examples in the Collection measure *79 

 by -58. 



4. Australia. Purchased. 



Genus SPHENOSTOMA, Gould. 



Sphenostoma cristatum, Gould. 



Sphenostoma cristatum, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 316 (1865) ; 

 Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 74 (1883); North, Nests $ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 71, pi. viii. fig. 5 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 68 (1899) j Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 269, pi. 11 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 342 (1903). 



The eggs of the Crested Wedge-bill are of an ordinary oval form 

 and possess a considerable amount of gloss. They are blue, 

 sparingly speckled and spotted with black and neutral tint. The 

 markings are small and distinctly denned, and more frequent at the 

 larger end than elsewhere. They resemble very closely the eggs of 

 the common Song-Thrush. Six examples measure from '92 to 1 in 

 length, and from '67 to '75 in breadth. 



2. Australia. Purchased. 



2. N.W. Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



