250 MUSCICAPID^. 



Family MUSCICAPID/E. 



Genus HBMICHELIDON, Hodrjg. 



Hemichelidon sibirica {6m.). 



Butalis sibirica, Tacz. J.f. O. 1872, p. 446, taf. i. fig. 15. 



liemichelidon sibirica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 120 (1879); Oates 

 ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 1 (1890) ; Tacz. Faune 

 Ch-n. Sib4r. Orient, p. 475 (1891) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 23 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 204 (1901). 



The eggs of the Sooty Flj-cateher in the Collection are of a pointed 

 oval form, and exhibit a slight amount of gloss. They a.re of a very 

 pale green colour, densely mottled with extremely pale reddish 

 brown. They measure respectively : "71 by '5 ; •? by "5. 



2. Lake Baikal, Siberia (JDyboioahi: Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



Genus MICKCECA, Gould. 



Micrceca fascinans (Lath.). 



Micro3Ca fascinans, Ootdd, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 258 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 123 (1879) ; North, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, v- 95 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersatnml. p. 24 (1899) ; Campbell, 

 Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 105, pi. 7 (1901) : Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 205 (1901). 



Microena macroptera, Ramsay, Trans. Phil. Soc. N.S. W. 1865, p. 328, 

 pi. i. iigs. 9, 10. 



The eggs of the Australian Brown Flycatcher are of a blunt oval 

 form and slightly glossy. They are of a pale bluish-green colour, 

 marked with specks and blotches of chestnut-brown and underlying 

 lavender-grey. The markings are most numerous on the broader 

 half, where they are often confluent and form an irregular zone. 

 Specimens measure from -68 to -76 in length, and from -52 to -55 

 in breadth. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, 3rd Sept. Crowley Bequest. 

 (North Coll.). 



2. Queensland (Owen). Gould Coll. 



1. New South Wales (J^iVsore). Gould Coll. 



4. Dobroyde, N.S.W., Oct. (E. P. Crowley Bequest. 

 . JRamsay : Tristram Coll.). 



3. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. South Australia (O. F. Angas). Gould Coll.' 



2. "Wimmera District, Victoria, 16th Crowley Bequest 



Nov. {A. J. North). 

 2. Mallee, Victoria, 10th Oct. W. Radchffe Saunders, Esq. 



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