16 TIMELIID-ffi. 



P. scliisticeps, vary from a narrow to a broad oval form. They have 

 a considerable amount of gloss, and are of a spotless white colour. 

 The eggs vary from 1 to 1-1 in length, and from -75 to -8 in breadth. 



3. Coonoor, NilgHri Hills, 2nd April. Hume Coll. 



1. Ourzon, Nilghiri Hills, 14th May. Hume Coll. 



3. Ootacamund, Nilghiri Hills. Hume Coll. 



1 . Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 18th Feb. HUme Coll. 



(Miss C'ockhwn). 



2. Kotaghei-ry, 28th April Hume Coll. 



{Miss Cockburn). 



Pomatorbinus temporalis, Vig. Sf Horsf. 



Pomatorhinus trivirgatus, Thien.Fm-tpJlans. ges. Vog. tab. xxvii. fig. 9,0, b 



(1845-54). 

 Pomatostomus temporalis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 479 (1865) ; 



North, Nests Sr Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 154, pi. ix. flg. 7 (1889). 

 Pomatorhinus temporalis, Ramsay, Trans. Phil. Soc. N'.S. W. 1865j pi. i. 



fig. 1 ; Sharps, Cat. Birds B. Ml vii. p. 418 (1883) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 60 (1899) ; Campbell, Nesis ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 



p. 270, pi. 11 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 14 (1903). 



The eggs of the Australian Scimitar Babbler are for the most 

 part nearly elliptical, but some are of a long oval form. The shell 

 has a fine texture and considerable gloss. The ground-colour is of 

 a pale creamy-buff, and this is covered with a network of hair-lines, 

 veins, and smudges of very dark purplish brown. The markings for 

 the most part extend across the shell, producing in many cases the 

 appearance of marble. They measure from 1-02 to 1-21 in length, 

 and from '72 to "80 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



3. Wellington, N.S.W,, 10th Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 

 1. Dohroyd, N.S.W. (E. P. Rainsay : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 1. Bell River, N.9.W. {E. P. R. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



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



4. Murray River, Victoria, 16th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. North). 



2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



Pomatorhinus superciliosns, Vig, Sf Horsf. 



Pomatorhinus superciliosns, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxvii. fio'. 8 



(1845-54) ; Ramsay, Trans. Phil. 8oc. N.8. W. 1865, p. 318. pi i. 



fig. 2 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 419 (1883) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 60 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 



p. 272, pi. 11 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 14 (1903). 

 Pomatostomus superciliosus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 482 (1865) • 



NoHh, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 166 (1889). 



The eggs of the Australian White-browed Scimitar Babbler vary 

 from a rounded to a regular oval form ; some are glossy, others very 



