260 MTISCICAPIDiE. 



white, spotted and blotched, but almost entirely in a broad irregular 

 zone round the larger end, with pale brown and lavender. Two 

 specimena (the third damaged) measure respectively : '62 by '47 ; 

 •69 by -47. 



3. Norfolk Island. Dr. W. M. Crowfoot [P.]. 



Petroeca rhodinogaster (Drap.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 13.) 



Erythrodryas rhodinogaster, Gould, Haiidb. Birds Austr. i. p. 276 

 (1865) ; North, Nests 8f Eggs Attstr. Birds, p. 101 (1889). 



Petrceca rhodinogastra, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 170 (1879) ; 

 Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 24 (1899); Campbell, Nests Sr Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, i. p. 138 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hatid-l. iii. p. 221 (1901). 



The egg of the Pink-breasted Robin in the Gould Collection 

 resembles the eggs of P. leggei and P. phoenicea. It is probably 

 one of the specimens of which Gould wrote (Z. c.) : — " The eggs are 

 three in number, of a greenish white, thickly sprinkled with light 

 chestnut and purplish brown ; eight lines and a half long by six 

 and a half broad." It is now fractured, and cannot be measured 

 accurately. 



Two other examples are similar in colour, and measure re- 

 spectively : -72 by -58 ; -78 by -53. 



1. Tasmania ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



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



Petroeca rosea, Gould. 



Erythrodryas rosea, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 277 (1865). 

 Petroeca rosea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 170 (1879) ; Campbell, 



Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 139, pi. 8 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iii. p. 221 (1901). 



The eggs of the Rose-breasted Robin in the Collection are of 

 two types. Three examples, forming a clutch, are of an elongated 

 oval form and moderately glossy. They are white, speckled and 

 blotched, mostly at the broad end, with pale brown and lavender- 

 grey. They measure respectively : '65 by "48 ; -67 by -47; '65 by 

 ■48. A fourth example is of a broad oval shape and moderately 

 glossy. It is white, profusely speckled all over with reddish-brown 

 and lavender, and measures 68 by -52. 



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

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



Petroeca goodenovii ( Vig. ^ Horsf.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 14.) 



Petroica goodenovii, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 280 (1865). 

 Potroeca goodenovii, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 171 (1879) ; North, 



