266 MUSCICAPID^. 



Nchrh.Kat. JEkrsamml. p. 26(1899); Sharpe, HancL-l. iii. p. 229 

 (1901) ; Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 158 (1901). 



The eggs of the Large-billed Fl5-catoher in the Collection are of a 

 blunt oval form and nearl)' devoid of all gloss. They are of a 

 pinkish-white colour, thickly speckled, especially at the broad end 

 where the markings become contiuent, with reddish brown, lilac-red, 

 and lavender. Three example measure respectively: 'Oti by -49; 

 •71 by -5 ; -7 by -49. 



S. Plerbert River, Queensland, 22nd Crowley Bequest. 



Nov. {A. J. North). 



Pseudogerygone flavilateralis {Or ay). 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 3.) 



Pseudogerygone flavilateralis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 222 (1879) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 26 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 229 



(1001). 

 Gerygone flavolateralis, E. L. 8^ E. L. C. Layard, Ibis, 1882, p. 608, 



The eggs of the New-Caledonian Yellow-flanked Flycatcher are 

 of quite the same type as those of P. tnagnirostris and resemble 

 them closely. Three examples measure respectively : -63 by -47 ; 

 •63 by •48; •GS by ^49. 



2. New Caledonia (with an egg of Crowley Bequest. 



Cacomantia bronzinus : 



E. L. Layard: Tristram Coll.). 



1. Noumea, New Caledonia [E. L. L. .- Crowley Beqxiest, 



Tristram Coll.). 



Pseudogerygone fusca {Qould). 



Gerygone fusea, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 267 (1865); North, 

 Nests <5- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 99 (1889). 



Pseudogerygone fusca, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p, 223 (1879) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 26 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 8^ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, i. p. 159 (1901) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. iii. p. 229 (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Fuscous Flycatcher, closely resemble 

 those of P. magnirostris. They measure from •B to •OS in length, 

 and from ^44 to "46 in breadth. 



3. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. Kichmond, N.S.W., Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. Campbell). 



Pseudogerygone albifrontata (Gray). 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 1.) 



Pseudogerygone albifrontata, Sharpe, Cut. Birds B. M. iv. p. 224 (1879) ; 



id. Hand-l. iii. p. 229 (1901). 

 Gerygoue albofrontata, BuUer, Birds Neio Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 49 (1888) ; 



Forbes, Ibis, 1893, p. 524. 



An egg of the Chatham-Island Flycatcher is of a regular oval 



