COCCTSTES, 1 03 



2. With four eg-p-s of P. pira, Anda- SeeTjohm Coll. 



lusia, 3rd May {//. S.). 

 4. With three ejrg-s of P. pica, Aran- Seebohm Coll. 



juez, Spain, 29Lh April (H. S.). 



Coccystes coromandus {Linn.). 

 (Plate II. f:g. 4.) 



Coccystes coromandus, Legqe, Birch Ceylon, p. 249 (1878) ; Oates ed. 

 JJnme, Nests ^ JE>/f/s 'ind. Birds, ii. p. 391 (1890) ; Shellej/, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xix. p. 214 (1891) ; Blatif. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. 

 p. 226 (1895); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 170 (1899); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. ii. p. 155 (1900). 



An egg of the Eed-wingerl Crested Cuckoo, taken by Mr. Valentine 

 Irwin from the oviduct of a female in Tippera, is spheroidal in 

 shape, smooth, very glossy, and of a plain pale blue colour. It 

 measures 1'03 by 'SS. 

 1. Tippera ( r. 7;-?OT»). Hume Coll. 



Coccystes jacobinus (Bodd.). 



(Plate II. fig. 6.) 



Coccvstes jacobinus, Sharpe, ed. Lai/ard's Birds S. Africa, p. 158 (1875- 

 84) ; Lep</e, Birds Ceylon, p. 246 (1878) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests Sf 

 Eggs hid. Birds, ii. p. 388 (1890) ; Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. 

 p. 217 (1891); Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind.,' Birds, iii. p. 225 (1895); 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersavmil. p. 170 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 155 

 (1900); Ivy, Ibis, 1901, p. 23. 



The eggs of the Pied Crested Cuckoo are usually deposited in 

 India in the nests of the various species of Babblers (Arr/ya and 

 Crateropus), the eggs of which birds they closely resemble in size and 

 colour. The Cuckoo's eggs are of a spheroidal or broad elliptical 

 shape, very smooth and glossy, and of a dark blue colour. The 

 eggs of the Babblers are almost invariably of a pointed oval shape, 

 and the Cuckoo's eggs may generally be separated from them by their 

 shape. They measure from -88 to 1-02 in length, and from -72 

 to -82 in breadth. 

 1. India. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 1. South Africa. Old Collection. 



1. Sind. Crowley Bequest. 



]. Futtegbur. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Allahabad, India. Hume Coll. 



1. Allahabad, 28th .July. liuine Coll. 



I. Jhansi, X.W. Frov.s.', Aug. (F. A'. Hume Coll. 



Blnciff). 

 1. .Ihan.si, 28th .June (i^: i?. i?.). Hume Coll. 



1. Jhansi, 18th Julv. Hume Coll. 



1. .Tubbulpur, 2nd Julv (J. A. Kemp). Crowlev Bequest. 



2. Kilghin Hills, 22iKi Feb. Hume Coll. 

 1. Aptoor, Madras, 18th .\ug. {A. G. Hume Coll. 



Ii. Theobald). 



