266 PEIONOPID^. 



Genus EUKOCEPHALUS, Smith. 



Euroceplialus ang^timens, A. Smith. 



(Plate XII. fig. 5.). 



Eurocephalus anguitimens, Anderss. Birds Damara-land, p. 140 (1872) j 

 Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 400 (1875-84) ; id. 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 279 (1877) ; ifehrk. Kat. Mersamml. p. 21 

 (1899) ; iStar/c ^ Sdater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 13 (1901) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 266 (1903). 



The eggs of the White-crowned Wood-Shrike are of a rather 

 narrow oval shape, and are devoid of gloss. They are of a pale 

 greenish-grey colour, spotted and blotched all over with greyish 

 hrown, slate-colour, and lavender. Four examples measure re- 

 spectively: 1-12 by -77; 1-13 by -78 ; 1-08 by -79 ; 1-11 by -79. 



2. Otjimbinque, Damara-land (C J. Crowley Bequest. 



Andersson : Tristram Coll.). 

 2. [S. Africa.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus COLLYRIOCICHLA, Vig. Sf Horsf 



The eggs of the Shrike-Thrushes represented in the Collection 

 resemble each other so closely that they may all be described in the 

 same terms. They are oval in shape and moderately glossy. The 

 ground-colour is white or cream-coloured, occasionally tinged with 

 grey, blotched with olive-brown or umber-brown and dull lavender 

 or slate-colour. The markings are sometimes evenly distributed 

 over the whole shell, but more frequently they are dense over the 

 broad end, and sparse or nearly absent in the smaller half. The eggs 

 of the different species vary somewhat in size. 



CoUyriociclila harmonica {Lath.). 



CoUuricincla cinerea, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Voa. tab. xxx. fig. 15, a, b 



(1845-54). 

 CoUuricincla harmonica, Oould, Handb. Birds Austr. i . p. 220 (1865). 

 Collyriocincla harmonica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 290 (1877) ; 



North, Nests §• Bggs Austr. Birds, p. 80, pi. viii. figs. 2-4 (1889) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. JEiersamml. p. 21 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eygs 



Austr. Birds, i. p. 88, pi. 6 (1901). 

 CoUyriocichla harmonica, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 269 (1903). 



The eggs of the Grey Shrike-Thrush measure from 1-02 to 1*2 in 

 length, and from •78 to '86 in breadth. 



2. Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Queensland. Gould Coll. 



1. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales. Gould CoU. 



2. New South Wales (J. Gould: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Coll.). 



2. Dobroyde, N.S.W. (-B. P. Bamsay : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



3. Canterbury, N.S.W., 10th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. North). 



