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PARADISEIDJE. 



Germs CHLAMYDODERA, Gould. 



Chlamydodera maculata, Gould. 



Chlamydodera maculata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 450 (1865) ; 

 Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 605 ; id., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. 

 p. 409, pi. 3. tig. 2 (1882) ; id., op. cit. 2nd ser. i. p. 1059, pi. 19. 

 fig. 1 (1886) ; Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 389 (1881) ; North, 

 Pi-oc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 2nd ser. i. p. 1157 (1886) ; id., Nests # 

 Eggs Birds Austr. p. 178, pi. xi. fig. 5 (1889); Sharpe, Motwgr. 

 Paradis. $ Ptilon. ii. p. 71 (1898) ; Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, i. p. 198, pi. 9 (1901) ; North, Nests Sf Eg as Birds Austr. i. 

 p. 41 (1902) ; Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 586 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 357 (1910). 



The eggs of the Spotted Bower-Bird are of a somewhat pointed 

 oval shape and moderately glossy. They are of a very pale green 

 colour, covered, but most densely about the middle portion of the 

 egg, with blotches and an intricate entanglement of lines, both 

 coarse and fine, of an umber-brown, sienna, and blackish-brown 

 colour. In addition, there are numerous underlying lavender 

 blotches. Three examples measure respectively: 1'45 by 1*03; 

 1-39 by 1 ; and 1-35 by -98. 



1. Australia. P. L. Sclater, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Moravia Oomeli River (a tributary Gould Coll. 



to the Dawson River), Queens- 

 laud (J. A. Foot}. 



Chlamydodera nuchalis (Jard. $ Selby}. \ 



Chlamydodera nuchalis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 448 (1865) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 391 (1881) ; Le Souef, Viet. Nat. 



xvi. p. 66 (1899) ; id., Ibis, 1899, p. 359 ; Sharpe, Monogr. Pardis. 



$ Ptilon. ii. p. 79 (1898) ; id., Hand-l. v. p. 586 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 357 (1910). 

 Chlamydera nuchalis, Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 203 



(1901). 

 Chlamydera nuchalis nuchalis, Hartert, Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 486 pi. x. 



tigs. 15, 16 (1910). 



An egg of the Great Bower-Bird is of a narrow oval shape and 

 moderately glossy. It is of a pale buff colour, profusely covered 

 with blotches, clouds, and linear markings of umber-brown and 

 underlying purplish-grey. It measures 1*7 by 1*16. 



1. Port Essington, N. Australia. Gould Coll. 



Genus .ffiLURCEDUS, Cabanis* 



JEluroBdus stonei, Sharpe. 



^Elurcedus stonei, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 387 (1881) ; Gould, 

 Birds Neiv Guinea, i. pi. 37 (1881) ; Sharpe, Monogr. Paradis. $ 

 Ptilon. ii. p. 101 (1893) ; id., Hand-l. v. p. 587 (1909). 



An egg said to be that of Stone's Cat-Bird is of a very narrow 



