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Genus HYLACOIA, Oould. 



Hylacola cauta, OouW. 



(Plate III. fig. 17.) 



Hylaoola, oaiita, Oovld, Handh. Birds Austr. i. p. 347 (1865) ; Sharps, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 347 (1883) ; l^ehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 68 

 (1899) ; Camphell, Nests Sr Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 264, pi. 11 

 . (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 4 (1903). 



An egg of the Eufous-rumped Ground-Wren in the Collection is 

 of a broad oval shape and moderately glossy. It is of a purplish- 

 hrown colour, mottled, almost entirely at the broad end, with a 

 darker shade of the same. It measures "86 by 'Qb. 



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



Genus PSOPHODES, Yig. ^ Eorsf. 



Psophodes crepitans (Lath.). 



Psophodes crepitans, Gould, Handh. Birds Austr. i. p. 312 (1864) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 350 (1883) ; North, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 72, pi. viii. fig. 7 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 68 

 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 265, pi. 11 (1901) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 5 (1903). 



The eggs of the Coach- whip Bird are of a regular oval form and are 

 almost devoid of gloss. The ground is of an exceedingl}- pale greenish- 

 ■white colour or pale greenish blue, and this is spariugly marked, 

 except at the broad end of the egg, where the markings are more 

 numerous and form an indistinct cap, with specks, spots, small 

 blotches, and short scrawls of black and underlying pale purple. 

 They measure from 1"08 to 1*2 inch in length, and from "78 to 

 •83 in breadth. 



2. Australia. Crowley Bequest. 

 2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales, 4th July. Gould Coll. 



2. Kichmond River, N.S.W.,2'0th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. Nm-th). 

 2. Gippsland, Victoria, Nov. W. TtadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2. Whittlesea Ranges, Victoria, Dee. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P-]- 

 1. Bairnsdale, Victoria, Srd Aug. Crowley Bequest 

 (A. J. N.). 



Genus PTEKOEHINUS, Swinh. 



Pterorhinus davidi, Swinh. 



(Plate III. fig, 18.) 



Pterorhinus davidi, David 8f Oustalet, Ois. Chine, p. 187, pi. 50 (1877) • 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 353 (1883) ; Bleshe in I'rjev. liciscn 

 Aves, p. 133 (1890) ; Hartert, Noil. Zool. i. p. 072 (1894) ; Sharue 

 HaniU.t. iv. p. (1903). ^ ' 



