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Genus ALSEONAX, Cab. 

 Alseonax latirostris (Baffles). 



Butalis latirostris, Taoz. J.f. 0. 1872, p. 447 ; 1873, taf. i. &g. 16 ; id. 



Faune Orn. 8ib4r. Orient, p. 467 (1891). 

 Mseonax latirostris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 127 (1879) ; Dates, 



Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 35^1890) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p, 24 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 206 (1901). 

 Muscicapa latirostris, Seebohm, Birds Japan. Emp. p. 62 (1890). 



The eggs of the Siberian Brown Fl5'catcher in the Collection are 

 of a blunt oval form and moderately glossy. They are of a very 

 pale green colour, and whereas two specimens are quite plain, two 

 others are mottled, chiefly round the broad end, with pale rufous, 

 while in four others the mottling is scarcely visible. They measure 

 respectively : -68 by -5 ; -67 by -5 ; -7 by -56 ; -69 by -55 ; -61 

 by -5 ; -63 by -5 ; -61 by -5 ; -61 by -49. 



2. Hondo, Japan, 20th May. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Hondo, 20th May. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Hondo, 25th May. W. Radclifte Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Alseonax muttui (Layard). 



Alseonax muttui, Shatpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 132 (1879) ; id. Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 207 (1901) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 36 (1890) ; 

 Stuart Baker, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Sue. ix. p. 126 (1894). 



Three eggs of Layard's Flycatoher are of a regular oval form, 

 with a very little amount of gloss. The ground is very pale stone- 

 colour, and is freckled all over with light brick-red. j?he measure- 

 ments are : -70 by -65 ; -68 by -58 ; "75 by -59. 



3. Margherita, Assam, 20th March. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus BEADYORNIS, Smith. 



Bradyornis infuscatus (Smith). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 6.) 



Saxicola infuscata, Sharpe, ed. Lat/ard's Birds S. Africa, p. 233 (1875- 

 84) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 406 (1881). 



Bradyornis infuscatus, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 844 ; 

 Nekrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 22 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 208 

 (1901) ; Stark Sf Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 237 (1901). 



Four eggs of the South African Wood-Shrike are of a regular oval 

 form and moderately glossy. They are pale blue, speckled and 

 spotted, somewhat densely at the broad end and sparingly else- 

 where, with pale reddish brown and lilac. They measure respec- 

 tively : -93 by -7 ; "9 by -65; -9 by -65 ; -94 by -66. 



2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Cb.^ Colony (T.Atmore: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



