453 



oval shape and slightly glossy. It is of a uniform rich cream- 

 colour, and measures 1'Go by 1. 



1. S.E. New Guinea. Herr Weiske [C.]. 



JElurcedus melanocephalus (Ramsay). 



^Elurcedus melanocephalus, Gould, Birds New Guinea, i. pi. 42 (1888) ; 

 Sharpe, Monogr. Paradis. $ Ptilon. ii. p. 91 (1897) ; id., Hand-l. v. 

 p. 588 (1909). 



An egg said to be that of the Black-naped Cat-Bird is of a 

 pointed oval shape and slightly glossy. It is of a uniform rich 

 cream-colour, and measures 1-8 by 1-22. 



1. S.E. New Guinea. Herr Weiske [C.]. 



Family CORVIME. 



Genus TRYPANOCORAX, Sundev. 



Trypanocorax frugilegus (Linn.). 



Corvus frugilegus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. qes. Vog. tab. xl. fig. 2, a-e 

 (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 28. tig. 5 (1855-63) ; 

 Heicitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p/226, pi. lix. (1856); Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. iv. p. 551 (1875) ; Seebohm, Brit, Birds, i. p. 549, pi. 16 

 (1883); id., Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 225, pi. 55. fig. 11 (186; 

 Neivton, Ootheca Wollei/ana, pt, ii. p. 504 (1902); Dresser, Man. 

 Pal. Birds,i. p. 426 (1902) ; Rey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. i. p. 361, 

 pi. 49. figs. 1-7 (1904) ; Jourd. Eggs Euro)). Birds, i. p. 11, pi. 4. 

 figs. 1-7 (1906) ; Dresser, Egqs Birds Europe, pts. xiii. & xiv. 

 p. 439, and pts. xi. & xii. pi. 6. figs. 7-12 (1908). 



Trypanocorax frugilegus, Loche, Expl. Sci. Alg&r., Ois. i. p. 113 (1867) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 9 (1877); id., Hand-l. v. p. 589 

 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 357 (1910). 



Corvus frugilegus frugilegus, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 13 (1903). 



Eggs of the Common Hook so closely resemble the eggs of the 

 Raven (Corvus corax) described below, that they require no separate 

 description. They measure from 1'44 to 1'78 in length, and from 

 1-08 to 1-2 in breadth. 



4. Dumfries, Scotlaud (Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.}. 



16. Sheffield, Yorkshire, 30th March Seebohm Coll. 



(H. Seebohm}. 



14. Middlesex. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Wenton Hill, Middlesex, 17th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



April (H. Booth). [P.]. 



2. Fiuchley, Middlesex. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Tilford, Farnham, Surrey Crowley Bequest. 



m (Copper}. 

 5. Tilford (Copper). Crowley Bequest. 



