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The eggs of the Scarlet-breasted Eobiu are of a broad oval form, 

 occasionally approaching the spherical, and they have a faint gloss. 

 They are of a greenish-white colour, marked with umber-brown, 

 yellowish brown, and underlying lavender. The markings vary in. 

 size from specks to small blotches, and they are dense at the broad 

 end, where they often form a cap or irregular zone. Examples 

 measure from '69 to -74 in length, and from "oS to -6 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Crowley Bequest. 



2. West Au.stralia, 12th Sept. Gould Coll. 

 1. New South Wales [E. P. Ramsay). Gould Coll. 

 1. New South Wales, 31st Aug. Gould Coll. 



(E. P. M.). 

 1. Ash&elA, t^. SM. {E. P. Samsay: Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. R A.Pliilbrick,Esq.,K.C.[P.]. 



3. Gippsland, 9th Nov. (A. J. North). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Grampians, Victoria, Nov. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. Grampians, Victoria, Nov. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2. Tasmania {E. D. Atkinson). Crowley Bequest. 



Petroeca phoenicea, Gould. 



(Plate VII. fig. 11.) 



Petroica phcenicea, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr, i. p. 282 (1865). 

 Petroeca phoenicea, /SAaj^je, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 166(1879); North, 



Nests i^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 104 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 24 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 136 (1901) ; 



8harpe, SLund-l. iii. p. 220 (1901). 



The eggs of the Elame-breasted Eobin in the Collection closely 

 resemble those of P. leggei. Examples measure from '69 to '77 

 in length, and from "53 to -6 in breadth. 



2. Tasmania (E. D. Atkinson). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Tasmania, 13th Oct. Gould Coll. 



3. Table Cape, Tasmania, Nov. (^. J". Crowley Bequest. 



North). 



2. Victoria. Govt, of Victoria [P.]. 



1. Victoria. Govt, of Victoria [P.]. 



2. Gippsland, Victoria, 10th Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. North). 



Petrceca multicolor (Gm.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 12.) 



Petroica erythrogastra, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii., App. p. 526 



(1866). 

 Petroeca multicolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 168 (1879) ; Croiu- 

 foot, Ibis, 1885, p. 270 ; North, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 410 



(1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 220 (1901). 



The eggs of the Norfolk Island Eobin are of a somewhat elongated 

 oval form, and they possess a small amount of gloss. They are 



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