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and there over the shell. The specimens measure respectively : 

 1-35 by -91 ; 1-4 by *9. The measurements of an egg given by 

 Nehrkorn are considerably less : 1-18 by '86. 



2. Samoa, Sept. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 



Aplonis kittlitzi, Finach llartl. 

 (Plate XVIII. fig. 12.) 



Aplonis kittlitzi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds IL M. xiii. p. 136 (1890) ; Hariert, 

 Nov. Zoo/, vii. p. 6 (1900); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 528 (1909;; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersaniml. p. 3ol (1910). 



Three eggs of Kittlitz's Tree-Starling are indistinguishable from 

 those of A. canto routes. They measure respectively : 1*21 by *82 ; 

 l~2 by -82; and 1-1 by '82. 



1. Pelew Is., Carolines (T. Kubary : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Ruk Is., Carolines, 26tb May. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus LAMPROCORAX, Bo-nap. 

 Lamprocorax metallica (Ttmm.). 



Caiovnis metallica, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 477 (1865) ; Ramsay, 

 P. Z. S. 1875, p. 593 ; Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 295 ; North, Nests $ 

 Eggs Birds, Austr. p. 190 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. 

 p. 138 (1890) ; Le Souef, Ibis, 1898, p. 52 ; Nehrk. Kat. EiersammL 

 p. 122 (1899); Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 475, 

 pi. 16 (1901) ; North, Nests fy Eggs Birds Austr. ii. p. 265 (1909). 



Lamprocorax metallica, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 529 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 351 (1910;. 



The eggs of the Shining Calornis are of a somewhat pointed oval 

 shape and exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. They are of 

 a pale greenish-blue colour, marked with spots and blotches of 

 chestnut, lilac and purplish-grey. Some specimens are boldly 

 blotched at the broad end only ; others are spotted pretty evenly 

 all over ; and others again are very feebly marked with only a few 

 specks. Examples measure from 1 to 1*18 in length, and from *74 

 to '8 in breadth. 



4. Trobriand I., D'Entrecasteaux Crowley Bequest. 



Archipelago, 3rd April (A. S. 



Meek). 



1. New Britain,Bismarck Archipelago. Crowley Bequest. 

 1 . Mioko, Duke of York I., October Crowley Bequest. 



(E. L. C. Layard: Tristram 



Coll.). 

 1. St. Aignan, Louisiade A rein- A. S. Meek, Esq. [C.]. 



pela^o. 

 3. St. AignHii. A. S. Meek. Esq. [C.]. 



