HTLOIERPH. EOPSALTEIA. 299 



Genus HYLOTEEPE, Cah. 



Hyloterpe philippinensia, Walden. 



(Plate XIII. fig. 18.) 



Pachycephala philippinensis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 221 



(1883). 

 Hyloterpe philippinensis, Orant ^ Whitehead, Ibis, 1698, p. 241, pi. v. 



fig. 1 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 313 (1903 J. 



The egg of the Yellow-bellied Thickhead ia the Collection is of 

 an oval shape and rather glossy. It is of a pale creamy-buff colour, 

 becoming darker on the broad end of the egg, round which there is 

 a wide but very irregular zoue, composed of dull chestnut and dark 

 bluish-grey spots. The remainder of the egg is unmarked. This 

 example measures '9 by '68. 



1. Samar, Philippine Islands, June. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.l. 



Genus PACHYCEPHALOPSIS, Salvad. 



Pachycephalopsis poliosoma, Sharjpe. 



(Plate XIII. fig. 20.) 



Pachycephalopsis poliosoma, Gould, Birds New Guinea, iii. pi. 26 ; 



Sharpe, Sand-l. ir. p. 314 (1903). 

 Pachycephala poliosoma, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 226 (1883). 



The egg of the New Guinea Grey Thickhead in the Collection is 

 of a regular oval shape and quite devoid of gloss. It is of a creamy- 

 buff colour, rather thickly spotted and mottled all over with pale 

 olive-brown and lavender ; and whereas the markings of the former 

 colour are pretty equally distributed over the entire shell, those of 

 the latter are more prominent at the broad end, where they become 

 confluent and form large patches. The egg measures 108 by "YB. 



L. S.E. New Guinea. Mr. E. Weiske [C.]. 



Genus EOPSALTRIA, Swains. 

 Eopsaltria australis {White). 



Eopsaltria australis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 293 (1865) ; 

 Bamsay, Trans. Phil. Soe. N.S. W. 1865, p. 326, pi. i. figs. 7 & 8 ; 

 Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 176 (1883) ; North, Nests ^ BffffS 

 Austr. Birds, p. 108 (1889) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 70 (1899; j 

 Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 311, pi. 12 (1901) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 315 (1903). 



The eggs of the Yellow-breasted Shrike-Eobin are generally of a 

 broad oval form, inclining to the elliptical or spheroidal, and they 

 are moderately glossy. They are greenish blue of various shades, 

 rather densely speckled and mottled with chestnut-brown and 

 underlying lavender-grey. The markings are frequently confluent 

 and indistinct, but on some specimens they are well deflned. In 



