MYIAOBA. CETPTOLOPHA.' 285 



Myiagra oceanica, Jacq. Sf Pucker. 



(Plate IX. fig. 5.) 



Myiagra -oceanica, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 383 (1879) ; Nehrh. 

 Kat. Mersamml. p. 30 (1899) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1900, p. 5 ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 271 (1901). 



The eggs of the Oceanic Flycatcher in the Collection are of a 

 blunt oval form and nearly devoid of all gloss. They are cream- 

 coloured, marked, almost entirely, in the form of a well-defined zone 

 rovind the broad end, with blotches and clouds of brown and 

 lavender. They measure respectively : -82 by '61 ; -83 by -63 ; 

 •79 by -62. 



1. Caroline Islands {Nehrhorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Kuk Island, Caroline Islands, 10th Crowley Bequest. 



May and 19th June (Tring 

 Museum) . 



Genus CRYPTOLOPHA, Swains. 



The eggs of the Flycatchers of this genus are of a broad oval 

 shape, exhibit little or no gloss, and are of a plain white colour. 



Cryptolopha ricketti. Slater. 



Cryptolopha ricketti, Slater, Ibis, 1897, p. 174 ; La Touche, Ibis, 1899, 

 p. 425; Sharpe, Sand-lni. p. 272 (1901). 



Two eggs of Eickett's Flycatcher-Warbler measure respectively : 

 •56 by -45 ; -62 by -47. 



1. Kuatun, Foh-kien, China, May. J. D. La Touche, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Kuatun, May {J. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



Cryptolopha xanthoschista (Hodgs.). 



Cryptolopha xanthoschista, Sharpe, Cat, Birds B. M. iv. p. 398 (1879) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind,, Birds, i. p. 425 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 

 Sf Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 270 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 273 

 (1901). 



The eggs of Hodgson's Grey-headed Flycatcher-Warbler measure 

 from -54 to ^63 in length, and from -45 to -5 in breadth. 



1. N.W. Himalayas, 27th March ( W. Crowley Bequest. 

 E. Brooks: Tristram Coll.). 



1. Dharumsala, 10th April (C. R. Hume Coll. 



Cock). 



3. Sikhim (J. Oammie). Hume Coll. 



2. Sikhim, 27th March (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



4. Mongphoo, Darjiling (/. (?.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Mongphoo, 11th April (/. G.). Hume Coll. 



3. Lebong, Sikhim {L. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 



