TROriDORHYNCHUS. 57 



Tropidorhynchus argenticeps, Gould. 

 (Plate III. fig. 15.) 



Tropidorhynchus argenticeps, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 548 



(1865) ; Sharpe, Hand-l v. p. 93 (1906). 

 Philemon argenticeps, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 272 (1884); 



Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 434, ii. App. p. 1080 



(1901). 



Two eggs of the Silvery-crowned Friar-bird are of a somewhat 

 pointed oval form and very slightly glossy. The ground-colour is 

 pale pinkish-white, rather sparingly marked all over with faint spots 

 and small blotches of pale red and lilac-grey. In one example the 

 markings are much stronger and form an indistinct zone round the 

 larger end ; in the other they are nearly obsolete. The two eggs 

 measure respectively 1*17 by '8 and 1-21 by *83. 



2. Queensland, 29th October. T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 



Tropidorhynchus buceroides (Sivains.). 



Tropidorhynchus buceroides, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 547 



(1865) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 93 (1906). 

 Philemon buceroides, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 272 (1884) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 83 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. 



Birds, i. p. 434, pi. 15 (1901). 



An egg believed to be that of the Helmeted Friar-bird is of a 

 rather broad and somewhat pointed oval shape and distinctly glossy. 

 The ground-colour is pale pinkish-brick-colour, spotted and blotched 

 all over the shell with bright light-red and dull purplish-grey. It 

 measures 1*3 by '91. 



This egg closely resembles the figure given by Campbell, op. cit. 



1. N. Australia. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[p.]. 



Tropidorhynchus corniculatus (Lath.). 



Meliphaga corniculata, Thien. Fortgflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xvi. fig. 13 



(1845-54). 

 Tropidorhynchus corniculatus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 545 



(1865) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 217 (1889) ; Sharpe. 



Hand-l. v. p. 93 (1906). 

 Philemon corniculatus, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 271 (1884) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 83 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 



Birds, i. p. 432, pi. 15 (1901). 



Some of the eggs of the Friar-bird resemble those of Acanthochcera 

 carunculata and are very distinctly marked. Others are spotted and 

 mottled with very pale rufous and grey. They measure from 1-18 

 to 1-4 in length, and from *87 to *95 in breadth. 



2. Queensland. T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Dawson River, Queensland, Crowley Bequest. 



5th Nov. (North Coll.). 

 1. New South Wales ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



