420 TTLABBTIDiE. 



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 bre-virostris, Whitmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 440; Sharps, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xiii. p. 130 (1890) ; Nehrk. 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 piirplish-grey, 

 and are inseparable from some eggs of Lamprocorax metallica. 

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



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



Aplonis vitiensis, Layard. 



(Plate XVIII. fig. 1 7.) 



Aplcmia tahuensis, Layard (iiec Gmel.), P. Z. S. 1875, p. 4.S5. 



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. Eat. 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 wh;te, 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 1 876 

 p. 494. ' ■ • • ) 



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

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 122 (1899), p. 361 (1910) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. y. 



p. oJio (lyuy^. 



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

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

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



