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shape and of a size quite out of proportion to the size of the bird, 

 which has the wing only 2'7 inches in length. 



1. Nelson, New Zealand ( W^. i^. Crowley Bequest. 



Hoiolett: Tristram Coll.), 



Petroeca macrocephala (Qm.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 16.) 



Petrneca macrocephala, Potts, Trans. N.Z. Inst. ii. p. 59 (1869) ; iii. p. 76^ 

 (1870); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 176 (1879); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 25 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 222 (1901)._ 



Myiomoira macrocephala, Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 42 

 (1888). 



Eggs of the New Zealand South-Island Kobin are of a broad oval 

 shape and devoid of gloss. They are white, speckled with pale 

 brown and lavender. Pour examples measure respectively : -7 by 

 •56 ; -69 by -57 ; -77 by -58 ; -74 by -58. 



2. Otago, New Zealand, 21st Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(JE. P. Seymour). 

 2. Port Chalmers, New Zealand, 23rd Crowley Bequest. 

 Oct. (JJ. P. S.). 



Petroeca vittata {Q. 6f G.). 

 (Plate VII. figs. 17 & 18.) 



Amaurodryas vittata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 286 (1865) ; Norths 



Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 106 (1889). 

 Petroeca vittata, Sharpe,. Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 177 (1879) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 25 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 222 (1901). 

 Amaurodryas (Petra3Ca) vittata, Campbell, Nests 8^ Bggs Austr. Birds, i. 



p. 147 (1901). 



The eggs of the Dusky Eobin resemble those of P. bieohr, but 

 are more varied, some being of a pale blue colour, others being 

 spotted with yellowish brown and lilac. They measure from '83 to 

 •95 in length, and from -65 to -7 in breadth. 



2. Tasmania (Wj7so»). Gould Coll. 



2. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



3. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



6. New South Wales. Crowley Bequest. 



3. New South Wales; 3rd Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. North). 



Genus POLIOMYIAS, Sharjie. 

 Poliomyias luteola {Pall.). 



Erythrosterna luteola, Tacz. J.f. O. 1872, p. 449; 1873, taf. ii. fig, 18; 



id. Faune Orn. Sib6r. Orient, p. 472 (1891). 

 Poliomyias luteola, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 201 (1879) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 25 (1899) ; Sliarpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 223 (1901). 



An egg of the Eastern Eusty-breasted Blue Flycatcher in the 



