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resemble some of the eggs of P. gouldi, but they are larger. They 

 are white, spotted with very deep olive-brown and slaty grey, and 

 measure respectively : 1'18 by '8 ; 1'17 by '8. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, Dec. Crowley Bequest. 

 {North Coll.). 



Pinarolestes vitiensis {Eartl.). 

 (Plate XII. fig. 7.) 



Pinarolestes vitiensis, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 299 (1877) ; 



Nehrk. Eat. Eiersarmrd. p. 22 (1899) ; Sharps, SanA-l. iv. p. 271 



(1903). 

 Pachycephala vitiensis, Nehrh. J. f. O. 1879, p. 400. 



The eggs of the Fiji-Islands Shrike-Thrush are of a somewhat 

 pointed oval form and slightly glossy. They are cream-coloured, 

 marked, chiefly at the broad end, with spots and blotches of 

 chestnut, lilac-red, and lavender. Four examples measure respec- 

 tively : 1 by -73 ; -9 by -68 ; -95 by -69 ; -95 by -7. 



1. ~P\]i XAa-ndiS {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. [Fiji Islands.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus HYPOCOLIUS, Bmap. 



Hypocolius ampelinus, Bonap. 



(Plate XII. fig. 6.) 



Hypocolius ampelinus, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 316 (1877) ; 

 id. Ibis, 1886, p. 477, 1891, p. 107 ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 i. p. 250 (1889) ; Cumming, Jmitrn. Bot)ib. Nat. Hist. Soc. xii. p. 760 

 (1899) ; Sharps, Band-l. iv. p. 275 (1903). 



The eggs of the Grey Hypocolius are of a pointed oval shape and 

 very glossy. They are bluish white, sometimes unmarked; more 

 frequently clouded and blotched on the broader half with very pale 

 leaden grey. Examples measure from -92 to 1-05 in length, and 

 from '7 to -8 in breadth. 



3. Fan, Persian Gulf, 14th June W. D. Cumming, Esq. rP.l 



{W.D. C). 



4. Fao, 15th June ( W. D. C). W. D. Cumming, Esq. [P. 

 3. Fao, 20th June ( W. D. C). W. D. Cumming, Esq. IP, 



2. Fao ( W. D. C). W. D. Cumming, Esq, 



4. Fao ( W. D. C). Crowley Bequest, 



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