292 CAMPOPHAGID^, 



31, Mong'phoo, Sllihim {J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 

 4. Dariiling, 19th April. Hume Coll. 



8. Darjiling, May. Hume Coll. 



Stoparola sordida(TfaZc?6»). 



Stoparola sordida, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 440 (1879) ; Legge, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 419 (1879) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 29 

 (1890) ; id. ed Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 11 (1890) ; 

 Sharps, Hand-l. iii. p. 286 (1901). 



The eggs of the Dusky Blue Flycatcher in the Collection are 

 profusely freckled with rufous. They measure -82 by -59 ; '84 by 

 ■59 respectively. 



2. Ceylon, 3rd May (A. L. Butler). Crowley Bequest. 



Family CAMPOPHAGID^. 



Genus PTEROPODOCYS, Gould. 



Pteropodocys phasianella (Gotdd). 



Pteropodocys phasianella, Gould,_ Handb. Birds Aiestr, i. p. 199 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 22 (1879) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soe. N.S. W. vii. p. 47, pi. 3. fig. 1 (1882) ; NoHh, Nests ^ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 76, pi. ix. fig. 2 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 22 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 95, pi. 7 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 290 (1901). 



The eggs of the Ground Cuckoo-Shrike in the Collection are of a 

 pointed oval shape and excessively glossy. One specimen is of an 

 olive-green colour, faintly mottled here and there with a darker 

 shade of the same tint. Another is of a dull olive-green colour, 

 with a faint rufous wash over the larger end and a few dark specks. 

 They measure respectively : 1-36 by -92; 1-2 by -96. 



1, Australia {E. P. Seymour). Crowley Bequest. 



1. New South Wales, 19th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(North Coll.). 



Genus GRAUCALUS, Cuv. 



Graucalus cinereus (P. L. S. Mull.). 



Graucalus cinereus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 28 (1879) ; id. Hand-l. 



iii. p. 291 (1901). 

 Campephaga cana, Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinh. vii. p. 148 (1882). 

 Campephaga cinerea, Milne-Edwards Sr Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madaa., 



Ois. ii. p. 393, pi. 304. fig. 4 (1885). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Cuckoo-Shrike are of a somewhat 

 lengthened oval shape and exhibit but little gloss. They are of a 

 pinkish-white colour, marked with spots and blotches of deep reddish 



