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and purplish brown and lavender, densely round the large end in 

 the form of a broad and more or less confluent zone, sparsely else- 

 where. They measure from 1-(M to 1-15 in length, and from "7 to 

 •75 in breadth. 



5. Betsileo, Madagascar. Kev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



Graucalus melanops (LathJ). 



Graucalus melanops, Oould, Sandb. BirdsAvstrA. p. 192 (1865) ; Sharps, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 30 (1879) ; Buller, Birds Nmv Zeal. 2nd ed. 

 p. 66 (1888) ; North, Nests 8r Eggs Atistr. Birds, p. 74, pi. ix. fig. 4 

 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. JEiersamml. p. 22 (1899) ; Ze Souef, Vict. Nat. 

 xvi. p. 64 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests %■ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 96, pi. 7. 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 291 (1901). 



The eggs of the Black-faced Cuckoo-Sbrike are of a regular oval 

 shape and exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. The ground- 

 colour varies from green, pale olive or pale olive-brown to greenish 

 stone-colour and is spotted, blotched and streaked with umber- 

 brown or chestnut-brown and lavender-grey. Specimens measure 

 from 1-23 to 1-3 in length, and from -87 to -91 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Salvin-Godman Ooll. 



2. Australia (£■. P. -R3»iS«2/). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Australia. W. Eadchffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



3. West Australia. (^iould Coll. 



1. Bell River, N.S.W. {E. P. Rmnsay : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Murrav River, 4tli Oct. W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F.A.Philbriok,Esq.,K.O.[P.]. 



3. Hastings, Western Point, Victoria, Crowley Bequest. 



18th Sept. {North Coll.). 

 3. Somerville, Victoria, 3rd Nov. W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



LP-]- 

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



Graucalus parvirostris, Oould. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 9.) 



Graucalus parvirosti-is, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 194 (1865) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 32 (1870) ; North, Nests 8f Eggs 



Austr. Birds, p. 75 (1889) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 22 (1899) ; 



Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 97 (1901 ) ; Sharpe, Hand- 1. 



iii. p. 291 (1901). 

 The eggs of the Short-billed Cuckoo-Shrike are of quite the same 

 character as those of G. melanops. Five examples measure 

 respectively: 1-3 by "83; 1-27 by -9; 1-20 by "87 ; 1-3 by -88 ; 

 1-25 by -89. 



2. Tasmania (C. Oould). Gould Coll. 

 1. Tasmania (JTiVsora). Gould Coll. 



1. Tasmania {E. D. Atkinson). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Tasmania {W. S. Bignold). Crowley Bequest. 



