276 MTTSCICAPIDa!. 



2nd ed. i. p. 72 (1888) ; Nehrh. Kat. Mersamml. p. 28 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 254 (1901). 



The eggs of the Kew-Zealand Black Fantail Plycatcher in the 

 Collection have a nearly pure white ground-colour and the markings 

 form a more or less well-defined zone. They measure respectively : 

 •62 by -49; -65 by -5 ; -6 by -49 ; -6 bj -48. 



2. Nelson, New Zealand, Oct. ( W. P. Crowley Bequest. 



Howlett ; Tristram Coll.). 



1. Canterbury, New Zealand. Capt. R. Snow [P.]. 



1. Canterbury (E. P. Seymour). Crowley Bequest. 



Rhipidura albicollis (Vieill.). 



Rhipidura f itscoventris, Jard. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 99, pi. xcii. 



Rhipidura albicollis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 317 (1879) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 53 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests Sf 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 35 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 254 

 (1901). 



The eggs of the Indian White-throated Fantail Flycatcher vary 

 from white to yellowish buff in ground-colour and have the mark- 

 ings disposed in varied forms. They measure from '65 to -7 in 

 length, and from "47 to -52 in breadtn. 



Rhipidura rufifroHs (Lath.). 



Rhipidura rufifrons, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 240 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 319 (1879) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Sac. 

 JV.S. W.2ni ser. i. p. 1143 (1886); North, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 87 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eim-samml. p. 28 (1899) ; Camp- 

 bell, Nests Sr Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 112, pi. 8 (1901) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 255 (1901). 



The eggs of the Rufous Fantail Flycatcher in the Collection are 

 of a yellowish-buff colour, with a broad zone of confluent spots 

 round the broad end. They measure respectively : "71 by -52 ; 

 •71 by -5. 



2. Richmond, N. S. Wales, Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. Campbell). 



Rhipidura cyaniceps {Cass.). 



(Plate VIII. fig. 17.) 



Rhipidura cyaniceps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 323 (1879) ; Grant, 



