420 ULABETJB^;. 



towards the larger end. They measure respectively : I'll by '81 ; 

 1-1. by -81 ; and 1-06 by '85. 



1. Duke of York, Bismarck Archip. Crowley Bequest. 



2. New Britain, Bismarck Archip. Crowley Bequest. 



Aplonis brevirostris (Peale). 

 (Plate XVIII. fig. 16.) 



Aplonis brevirostris, Whifmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 440; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xiii. p. 130 (1890) ; Nelirk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 122 (1899), 

 p. 350 (1910) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 527 (1909). 



The eggs of the Short-billed Tree-Starling are of an elongate oval 

 form and possess a small amount of gloss. They are pale greenish- 

 blue, spotted and blotched with chestnut, lilac, and purplish -grey, 

 and are inseparable from some eggs of Lamprocorax metallica. 

 They measure respectively : 1'08 by '7 ; 1'12 by '73. 



2. Samoa, March. Bey. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 



Aplonis vitiensis, Layard. 

 (Plate XVIII. fig. 17.) 



Aplonis tabuensis, Layard (nee GineD, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 435. 



Aplonis vitiensis, Layard, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 502 ; id., Ibis, 1876, p. 392; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 131 (1890) ; id., Hand-l. v. p. 527 



(1909) : Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 350 (1910). 



Three eggs of the Fiji Islands Tree-Starling are of a very broad 

 oval shape and slightly glossy. One has the ground white, while 

 in two it is of a pale greenish-blue: all are spotted and blotched 

 with reddish-brown and lilac, and in one the markings are dense 

 at the broad end and sparse elsewhere. They measure respectively: 

 1-09 by -8 ; 1-08 by '72 ; and 1/0 by -76. 



1. Fiji Islands, Oct. (F. M. Rayner). Voy. H.M.S. ' Herald.' 



2. Wakaya, Fiji Islands, 26th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(E. L. Layard: Tristram Coll.). 



Aplonis atrifusca, Peale. 



Sturnoides atrifusca. Whitmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 440; Layard, P. Z. S. 1876, 



p. 494. 

 Aplonis atrifusca, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 134 (1890) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 122 (1899), p. 351 (1910) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 528 (1909). 



The eggs of the Blackish-brown Tree-Starling are of a narrow 

 oval shape and almost devoid of gloss. They are of a greenish- 

 blue colour, with a very few minute specks of lilac scattered here 



