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NesU Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 103 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 24 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 143 (1901) ; 

 Sharpe, Handrl. iii. p. 221 (1901). 



The eggs of the Eed-capped Eobin are of a broad oval form, and 

 are devoid of all gloss. They are pale green, thickly speckled and 

 spotted with umber-brown and underlying lavender. The markings 

 are generally larger and denser at the broad end, where they form 

 a wide but irregular zone. Examples measure from -6 to -63 in 

 length, and from -49 to '51 in breadth. 



4. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



3. Wellington, N.S.W., 30th Aug. Crowley Bequest. 

 {A. J. North). 



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



4. Mallee Scrub, Victoria, 22nd Crowley Bequest, 



Sept. {A. J. North). 



Petroeca bicolor ( Vig. ^ Horsf.). 



Melanodryas cucuUata, Gould, Handh. Birds Austr. i. p. 283 (1865). 

 Petroeca bicolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 173 (1879) ; Nehrh. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 25 (1899). 

 Melanodryas bicolor, North, Nests 8/- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 105 (1889) ; 



Campbell, Nests 8r Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 144, pi. 8 (1901} ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 221 (1901). 



The eggs of the Hooded Eobin are of a broad oval shape and 

 highly glossy. Some are uniform olive-buff in colour ; others are 

 olive-green, with the broad end slightly tinged with rufous. They 

 measure from '81 to "89 in length, and from "62 to '67 in breadth. 



1. West Australia. Gould Coll. 

 3. Queensland (Owen). Gould Coll. 

 3. Queensland {Owen). Gould Coll. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, 27th Crowley Bequest. 



Aug. (North Coll.). 



2. Cardington, Bell River, N.S.W. Crowley Bequest. 



(E. P. Ramsay : Tristram Coll.). 



3. Wimmera District, Victoria, 30th Crowley Bequest, 



Aug. (A. J. North). 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A.Philbrick,Esq.,K.C.[P.]. 



2. Mallee, Victoria, Oct. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Petroeca toitoi (Oarn.). 



(Plate VII. fig. 15.) 



PetrcBca toitoi, Potts, Trans. N.Z. Inst. ii. p. 60 (1869) ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. iv. p. 174 (1879) ; id. Hand-l. iii. p. 221 (1901). 

 Myiomou-a toitoi, Bmler, Birds New Zeal. 2ud ed. i. p. 39 (1888). 



An egg of the New Zealand North-Island Robin is of a 

 regular oval shape, devoid of gloss and of a creamy-white colour, 

 speckled with brownish pink and lilac. It measures -7 by '5. The 

 dimensions of an egg of this species given by Sir Walter Buller (Z. c.) 

 axe '85 by "8, which would render the specimen nearly spherical in 



