256 MUSCICAPIDiK. 



Genus CYOKNIS, Blijth. 

 Cyornis ruteculoides {Vig.). 



Siphia rubeculoides, Skarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 445 (1879) ; Leyge, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 424 (1879) ; Aehrk. Kat. Eiersavnnl. p. 30 (1899). 



Cyomis rubeculoides, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., i?wiis, ii. p. 23 ( 1890) ; 

 Oates ed. Hume, A'^ests ^- Egys Ind. Birds, ii. p. 5 (1890) ; Sharjje, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 215 (1901). 



The eggs of the Blue-throated Flycatcher are of a regular oval 

 shape, but vary considerably in breadth. Many specimens are 

 glossy ; others are devoid of gloss. They are of several types of 

 coloration. Some examples are of a greenish stone- colour, often 

 plain, sometimes marked round the broader end with an indistinct 

 pale brownish-pink zone. Other specimens are of a pinkish cream- 

 colour, densely mottled with pale rufous or pale brown. They 

 measure from -7 to '77 in length, and from 'oS to -SS in breadth. 



1. Himalayas, 27th April {Nehrkorn Crowley Bequest, 



Coll.). 



1. Kashmir, Sth May (C. R. Cock). . Hume Coll. 



4. Jerripani, Mussouri {T. Hutton). Hume Coll. 



1. Darjiling, 12th May. Hume Coll. 



2. IJelow Darjiling, April. Hume Coll. 



3. Yea, Tenasserim, olst March Hume CoU. 



( W. Davison). 



Cyornis tickelliae, BJuth. 



Siphia tickellia3, iSharjje, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 447 (1879) ; Leyge, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 421 (1879) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 30 (1899). 



Cyornis tickelli, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 25 (1890) ; id. 

 ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 7 (1800) ; Bdham, Journ. 

 Bomb. Nut. Hist. Soc. xii. p. 780 (1899). 



Cyornis tickelliae, Sharps, Hand-l. iii. p. 215 (1901). 



The eggs of Mrs. Tickell's Blue Flycatcher present as many types 

 of coloration as those of the Blue-throated Fl^-catcher, and resemble 

 them in general appearance. Many of the specimens are of a brown 

 colour, some plain and others marked with a faint trace of some 

 darker mottling. Others are cream-coloured, densely mottled with 

 various shades of pale rufous, and others are stone-coloured, faintly 

 mottled with pale brown. Specimens measure from -68 to '78 in 

 length, and from -52 to -58 in breadth. 



3. India. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Hoshuugabad, C. Provs., 24th June Hume Coll. 



(J?. C. Nunn). 



C. Mysore (/. Macpherson). Hume Coll. 



1. Mysore, 12th May. Hume Coll. 



3. Muddur, Mysore, 22nd May. Hume Coll. 



2. Kotagberry, Nilghiri Hills, 27th Hume Cull. 



^lay {Miss Cockburn). 

 2. Kotagiierry, 10th June {Miss Cock- Hume Coll. 

 biii-ti). 



