452 PAEiDISEID^. 



Genus CHLAMYDODERA, Gould. 



Chlamydodera maculata, Gould. 



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

 Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 60o ; id., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. 

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

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

 Proc. Linn. Soc. iV. S. W. 2nd ser. i. p. 1157 (1886) ; id.. Nests S,- 

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

 Paradis. ^ Ptilon. ii. p. 71 (1898) ; Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. 

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

 p. 41 (1902) ; Sharpe, Rand-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. MoraviaOonieli River (a tributary Gould Coll. 

 to the Dawson River), Queens- 

 land (/. A. Foot). 



Chlamydodsra nuchalis {Jard. (Sf Sdhy). 



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



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



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



ISr Ptilon. ii. p. 79 (1898) ; id., Hand-l. v. p. 686 (1909) : Nehrk. Kat 



Eiersamml p. 357 (1910). -, 

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



Chlamydera nucliidie nuchalis, Hartert, Nov. Zool. xvii. n. 486 dI x 

 figs. 15, 16 (1910). y V ■ 



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 JELURffiDUS, Cahanis. 

 .ffilurcedus stonei, Sharpe, 

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

 Birds New Guinea, i. pi. 37 (1881) ; SJiarpe, 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 narro.w 



