435 



Sphecotheres flaviventris, Gould. 

 (Plate XIX. figs. 15 & 16.) 



Sphecotheres flaviventris, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 468 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 225 (1877) ; Le Souef, Viet. Nat. 

 xvi. p. 62 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 19 (1899) ; Robinson 

 $ Laverock, Ibis, 1900, p. 620 ; Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. 

 AY/v/.s-, i. p. 84, pi. 6 (1901); North, Nests fy Eggs Birds Austr. \. 

 p. 83 (1902) ; Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 555 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml, p. 353 (1910). 



The eggs of the Yellow-bellied Fig-bird are of a somewhat pointed 

 oval form and have a small amount of gloss. The ground is pale 

 greyish-green, or warm pinkish-grey tinged with green, marked 

 with specks, spots and small blotches of chestnut, orange-brown, 

 and underlying pale purplish-red. The markings are thickly 

 disposed over the broad end of the shell, where they form an. 

 irregular zone, and sparingly elsewhere, but one example in the 

 series has the markings very evenly distributed over the whole 

 surface of the shell. They measure from 1-17 to 1'32 in length, 

 and from -87 to -9 in breadth. 



2. N. Australia. 20th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Somerset, N. Australia. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.~|. 



2. Somerset, 31st Dec. C. A. Barnard, Esq. TO.]. 

 2. Somerset, 1st Jan. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 



1. Wooinaugu, North Queensland, W. Radclifte Saunders, Esq. 

 4th Dec. [P.]. 



1. Woomangu, 14th Dec. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



2. Woomaujju, 21st Dec. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esi. 



[P.]. 

 1. Woomangu, 28th Dec. W. Radeliffe Saundars, Esq. 



Family DICRURID^. 



Genus DICRURUS, Vieill. 



Dicrurus annectens (Hodgs.). 



(Plate XX. figs. 1-3.) 



Dicrurus annectens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 231 (1877) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 312 (1889) ; Baker, Ibis, 1906, p. 257 ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 556 (1909) : Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 354 

 (1910). 



Eggs of the Crow-billed Drongo are of a broad oval shape, some- 

 what pointed towards the smaller end and slightly glossy. The 

 eggs are of two types : in one the ground is white with spots and 



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