294 LASIIDX, 



Pomatorhynclius tschagra ( Vieill). 

 (Plate XIII. fig. 10.) 



Telephonus tschagra, Loche, Evpl. Scient. AlgSr., Ois. ii. p. 44 (1887). 

 Telephonus Q.um\\sA\xs,Baedeker*, Eier Bur. Vog. tab. 62. fig. 9 (185-5-63) ; 



Tristram, Ibis, 1860, p. 150 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 70 (1899). 

 Telephonus erythropterus, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 423 (1872). 

 Telephonus cucuUatus, Oadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 126 (1883). 

 Pomatorhynchus tschagra, Sharps, Sand-l. iv. p. 301 (1903). 



The eggs of the Hooded Shrike in the Collection are almost 

 elliptical in shape and but very slightly glossy. They are of a 

 greenish-white colour, densely mottled with olive or umber-brown 

 and lavender. The markings are very evenly distributed over the 

 shell. Two examples measure respectively : 1 by '72 ; 1-03 by -TT. 



1. Algeria (Loche). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Koleah Forest, Algeria, 11th June Crowley Bequest. 

 {H. B. Tristram). 



Genus FALCUNCULUS, Vieill. 



FalcuncTilus leucogaster, Gould. 



(Plate XIII. flg. 12.) 



Falcunoulus leucogaster, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 229 (1865) ; 

 Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 174 (1883) ; North, Nests ^ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 69 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests 8r Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 i. p. 309 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 302 (1903). 



An egg of the Wbite-beUied Shrike-Tit in the Collection is of a 

 somewhat narrow oval form and almost devoid of gloss. It is 

 white, speckled, more densely at the broad end than elsewhere, with 

 umber-brown and lavender. It measures '88 by "62. 



1. West Australia, 7th Oct. (Gilbert). Gould Coll. 



Genus OREOICA, Oould. 



Oreoica cristata (Lewin). 



(Plate XIII. fig. 11.) 



Oreoica gutturalis, Thien. Fortfjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxx. fig. 17 (1845- 



54). 

 Oreoica cristata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 231 (1865) ; Gadow, 



Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 174 (1883) ; North, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. 



Birds, p. 70, pi. viii. fig. 6 (1889) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 70 



(1899); Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 310, pi. 12 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. iv. p. 303 (1903). 



* Baedeker (torn. cit. tab. 52. fig. 8) figures the egg of tbis Bpecies a second 

 time, under the name of T. erythropterus. Bree, on the other hand, figures 

 the egg of P. senegalus as that of the present species (Birds Eur. 2nd ed. ii. 

 p. 25, pi.). 



