BHIPIDTTRA. 275 



Rhipidura albiscapa, Qould. 



Rhipidura albiscapa, Gould, Sandh. Birds Austr. i. p. 238 (1865); 

 Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 310 (1879) ; Nm-th, Nests ^ Hc/gs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 84 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamnd. p. 28 (1899J ; 

 Campbell, Nests Sr Bggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 108, pi. 8 (1901) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 252 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-sliafted Fantail Flycatclier have the 

 ground-colour creamy-white and the markings disposed in various 

 forms. They measure from -6 to -67 in length, and from -47 to '5 

 in breadth. 



2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. WBllinfjton, N.S.W., 12th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(with an egg of Cacomantis 



variolosus). 

 4. Dobroyde, N.S.W., Oct. (K P. Crowley Bequest. 



Ramsay: Tristram Coll.). 



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



3. Heidelberg, Victoria, 6th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. North). 

 1. Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, 15th "W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 

 Dec. [P.]. 



Rhipidura diemenensis, Sharpe. 



Rhipidura saturata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 811 (1879). 

 Rhipidura diemenensis, North, Nests §• Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 85 (1889) ; 



Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 112 (1901) : Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iii. p. 252 (1901). 



The eggs of the Tasmanian Fantail Flycatcher are cream-coloured 

 and rather heavily marked, but the characteristic zone is not well 

 defined in any of the specimens in the Collection. Four examples 

 measure respectively : -61 by '47 ; -61 by -49 ; -63 by -49 ; -62 by 

 •48. 



1. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



3. Tasmania (^W. H. BignolcC). Crowley Bequest, 



Rhipidura nebulosa, Feale. 



Rhipidura nebulosa, Finseh ^ Hartl. Fauna Central-Polyn. p. 86, pi. i. fig. 6 

 (1867) ; Whitmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 439 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. 

 p. 315 (1879) ; id. Hand-l. iii. p. 254 (1901). 



The sole egg of the Samoan Fantail Flycatcher in the Collection 

 is of a dark cream-colour and very heavily marked over the entire 

 larger half. It is fractured and the dimensions cannot be given. 



1. Samoa. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 



Rhipidura fuliginosa (Sparrm.). 



Rhipidura fuliginosa, Potts, Trans. New Zeal. In^t. ii. p. 63 (1869) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv.p. 316 (1879) ; Buller, Birds Kmo Zeal. 



l2 



