288 MTJSCICAPIDJ3. 



confluent spots and blotches of umber-brown and lavender-grey. 

 They measure from "77 to -9 in length, and from "58 to •67 in 

 breadth. 



3. Dawson Eiver, Queensland, 23rd Crowley Bequest. 



Aug. {North Coll.). 



2. Dobroyde, N.S.W. {E. P. Ramsay: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). ' 



2. Wimmera, Victoria, 28th Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. North). 



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



Genus PIEZOEHYNCHUS, GouU. 



Piezorhynchus chalybeocephalus (Gam.). 



(Plate IX. fig. 8.) 



Monarcha alecto, Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 296. 



Piezorhynchus alecto, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 415 (1879) ; Nehrh. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. SO (1899). 

 Piezorhynchus chalybeocephalus, Sharpe, Sand-l. iii. p. 278 (1901). 



The eggs of Garnot's Flycatcher are of a broad oval shape and 

 but very slightly glossy. They are greenish-white, marked, chiefly 

 in the form of a broad band round the larger end of the egg, with 

 spots and small blotches of pale olive-brown and lavender-grey. 

 They measure from -8 to '9 in length, and from -6 to '66 in breadth. 



5. Duke-of-Yorli Island {E. L. Crowley Bequest. 



Layard: Tristram Coll.). 



2. Fergusson Island, 18th Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. 8. Meek). 

 S. Bowen Island. Crowley Bequest. 



3. [New Guinea.] Crowley Bequest. 



Piezorhynchus nitidus, Gould. 



Piezorhynchus nitidus, Macgillivray, Voy. ' Rattlesnake,^ ii. p. 357 (1852) ; 

 Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 249 (1865) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. iv. p. 416 (1879) ; North, Nests S/- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 90 

 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests Si Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 129, pi. 9 (1901) ; 

 Shatpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 278 (1901). 



The eggs of the Shining Flycatcher in the Collection are of an 

 oval form and almost devoid of gloss. They are greyish white, 

 speckled, spotted and blotched with olive-brown and underlying 

 lavender. The markings are chiefly confined to the broad end, 

 where they form an irregular zone. Two specimens measure re- 

 spectively : -85 by -58 ; -83 by -65. 



1. Cape York, Australia ( Capt. Stanley). Voy. H.M.S. ' Rattlesnake. ' 

 1. Port Essington, Australia ( Wilson), Gould Coll. 



