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coloration they are light salmon-pink or whitish-pink spotted with 

 red and lilac, the spots being almost confined to the broader end, 

 and, in the clutch from Ishigaki Island, forming a zone. They 

 measure from -78 to -85 in length, and from •59 to "62 in breadth. 



4. Ishigaki Isl., Liu-Kiu Islands, W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



lat June. a^'J' 



4. Fuji, 2nd June. W. KadcUffe Sauuders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus EHINOMYIAS, Sharpe. 



Ehinomyias pectoralis (Sahad.). 



(Plate IX. fig. 2.) 



Ehinomyias pectoralis, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 368 (1879) ; id. 

 Ibis, 1889, p. 201 ; id. Hand-l. iii. p, 266 (1901). 



The eggs of the Pectoral Flycatcher are of a broad oval form and 

 moderately glossy. They are of a pale greyish-green colour, densely 

 mottled all over with pale rufous grey and lavender. Three examples 

 measure respectively : -72 by -55 ; -67 by -65 ; -71 by -§5. 



3. Mt. Kina Balu, Borneo, Feb. (/. Crowley Bequest. 

 Whitehead). 



Ehinomyias alhigularis, Bourns Sf Worcester. 



Ehinomyias alhigularis, Bourns ^ Worcester, Occ. Papers Minn. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. i. p. 27 (1894) ; Grant §• Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 237, pi. v. 

 fig. 3; Shar^e, Hand-l. iii. p. 267 (1901). 



One of the eggs of the White-throated Flycatcher in the Collection 

 is of an elliptical, the other of a blunt oval form, and both are 

 glossy. The ground, hardly any of which is distinctly visible, 

 appears to be of a reddish cream-colour, and it is very thickly 

 mottled and clouded all over with reddish brown. The two specimens 

 measure respectively : '89 by -65 ; -87 by '65. 



2. Canloan Volcano, Central Negros, J. Whitehead, Esq. [0.1. 

 Philippines, 21st March. 



Ehinomyias ^laris, Sharpe. 



(Plate IX. fig. 1.) 



Ehinomyias gularis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 386 ; 1889, p. 201 ; id. Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 267 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-throated Flycatcher in the Collection are 

 of a blunt oval form and slightly glossy. They are of a pale greyish- 

 green colour, freckled all over with pale brownish chestnut, the 

 markings also forming an indistinct band of brighter colour round 



