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and there over the shell. The specimens measure respectively : 

 I'iJo by -91 ; 1'4 by -y. The measurements of an egg givea by 

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



2. Samoa, Sept. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [0.]. 



Aplonis kittlitzi, Finseh Sf Hartl. 



(Plate XVIII. fig. 12.) 



Aplonis kittlitzi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 1.36 (1890) ; Hari^rt, 

 Nov. Zoo/: vii. p. t) (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. &28 (1909j ; 

 Nehrh. Kcd. Eiersamml. p. 351 (1910). 



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

 those of A. cantoroides. They measure respectively : 1'21 by '8'Z ; 

 1-2 by -82; and 1-1 by -82. 



1. Pelew Is.,0aroliu6S (7'. ^M5«n/; Crowley Bec[uest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 Ruk Is., Carolines, 26th May. Crowley Bequest. 



o 



Genus LAMPROCDRAX, Bonap. 

 Lamprocorax metallica {Temm.). 



Oalorms metallica, Gould, Handh. Birds Austr. i. p. 477 (1865) ; Ramsay, 

 P. Z. S. 1875, p. 598 ; Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 295 ; North, Nests ^■ 

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

 p. 138 (1890) ; Le Smief, Ibis, 1898, p. 52 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 122 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 475, 

 pi. 16 (1901) ; North, Nests f 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 'Tl 

 to -8 in breadth. 



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



Archipelago, 3rd April (A. S. 



Meek). 

 1. New BritaLn,Bismarck Archipelago. Crowley Bequest. 

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



(E. L. C. Layard: Tristram 



Coll.). 

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



pelago. 

 3. St. Aignan. A. S. Meek, Esq. [C.]. 



