COBVIDJB. 453 



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

 eolour, and measures 1-65 by 1, 



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



JEluroedus melanoceplialus {Ramsay). 



^luroedus meknocephalus, Gould, Birds Neto 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 [0.]. 



Family CORVID^. 



Genus TRTPANOCORAX, Sundev. 



Trypanocorax frugilegus (Linn.). 



Corvus frugilegus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. pes. Vdff. tab. xl. fig< 2, a-e 

 (1845-54) ; Baedeker, JEier Eur. tog. tab. 28. fig. 5 (1855-6-3) ; 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 22(3, pi. lix. (1856) ; Dresser, 

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

 (1883); id., Eggs qf Brit. Birds, p. 225, pi. 55. Hg. 11 (1896 >; 

 Newton, Ootheca Wolleyana, pt. ii. p. 504 (1902); Dresser, Man. 

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

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

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

 p. 439, and pts, xi. & xii. pi. 6. figs. 7-12 (1808). 



Trypanocorax frugilegus, Locke, Expl. Sci. AlgSr., Ois. i. p. 113 (1S67) ; 

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

 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 367 (1910). 



Cortus frugilegus frugilegus, Hartert, Vfig. paL Faun. i. p. 13 (1903). 



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

 Eaven {Corvus coram) 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, Scotland {Rargitt 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. Finchley, Middlesex. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Tilford, Farnham, Surrey Crowley Bequest. 



{Copi)e-r). 

 5. Tilford (Copper). Crowley Bequest. 



