■^"j TIMEllID*. 



and clouded, especially at the broad end, with purplish brown and 

 lavender. They measure from "85 to -9 in length, and from '67 to 

 •71 in breadth. 



3. Australia. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Cape Otway, Victoria (£. P. Crowley Bequest. 



Seymour). 



1. Tasmania ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



Calamanthus campestris {Gould). 



(Plate I. fig. 11.) 



Calamanthus campestris, Gould, JSandb. Birds Austr. i. p. 389 (1805) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 502 (1883}; North, Nests %■ Egys 

 Austr. Birds, p. 148 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 62 (1899J ; 

 Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 279 (1901) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. It. p. 25 (1903). 



The eggs of the Australian Field Babbler resemble those of 

 C fuliginosus, but are somewhat more richly coloured. Two 

 specimens, however, in the Collection are of a light chocolate 

 colour, with a darker zone round the broad end of the egg. 

 Specimens measure from "75 to -82 in length, and from -57 to "62 

 in breadth. 



2. West Australia, Oct. Gould Coll. 



2. West Australia ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



3. West Australia, 19th Sept. Gould Coll. 



Genus CINCLOEHAMPHUS, Gould. 

 Cinclorhamphus cruralis ( Vig. ^ Horsf.). 



Cinclorhamphus cruralis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 394 (1865) 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 498 (1883) ; North, Nests <§■ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 152 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 62 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests Sr Eggs AuMr. Birds, i. p. 275, pi. 11 (1901) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 26 (1903). 



Cinclorhamphus cantillans, Gould, torn. cit. p. 395 ; Ramsay, Ibis, 1866, 

 p. 328. 



The eggs of the Australian Black-breasted Babbler are of a 

 pointed oval shape, moderately glossy, and of very variable size. 

 They are of two types : in one, the commonest, the ground-colour 

 is pinkish white, thickly speckled and mottled with rufous and 

 lavender or lilac ; in the other the ground-colour is pinkish white, 

 mottled with pale lavender only. Specimens measure from -87 to 

 1-02 in length, and from -GB to -7 in breadth. 



2. Australia. Purchased. 



2. Australia. Crowley Bequest. 



1. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



3. South Australia, Ist Nov. (Angas). Gould Coll. 

 3. South Australia ( White). Gould Coll. 

 ■2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



