IIYI'OTUYMIS. 



273 



Hypothymis occipitalis ( T/y.). 



I 



Myiaj^-ra azurca (wee Bodd.), Swin/ioe, Ibis, 18G3, p. 2()1. 



Ilvpotliymis occipitalis, fSharjje, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 337 ; id. Cat. Birds 



B. M. iv. p. 'lib (1879) ; Nchrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 27, tut", i. tig. t3 



(1899) ; Shavpa, Hand-l. iii. p. 248 (1901). 

 Ilyputliymis azurea. Grant ^~ Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 237. 



The eggs of the Malayan Blaek-uaped Flycatcher resemble those of 

 //. azurca in general character. Those, however, collected in the 

 Malay Teninsula and Borneo are very heavily marked, while those 

 from Formosa are very feebly speckled. Two specimens brought by 

 Whitehead from Luzon difter remarkably in having a pure white 

 ground, delicately speckled all over with reddish brown and lilac, 

 without any indication of the zone round the broad end which 

 characterizes the eggs of most of the Flycatchers of this genus. 

 Specimens measure from -GS to '81 in length, and from '5 to "oS iu 

 breadth. 



3. Salaiig, Malay Peuiu3ula,10tli March. Hume Coll. 



5, Labuau, liorueo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



2. Cape Engano, N.E. Luzon, 24th J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.J. 



May. 



2. Formosa, 1st May (P. A. Hoist), Seebohm Coll. 



4. Formosa, 8th May (P. A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



Hypothymis tytleri {Beavan). 

 (Plate VIIL fig. 14.) 



Hypothymis occipitalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 275, part. (1870). 

 Hypothymis tytleri, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 50 (1890) ; 

 id. ^ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eijgs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 30 (1890). 



The eggs of the Andaman Black-naped Flycatcher in the Collection 

 are similar to many of those of H. azurea. They measure respec- 

 tively: -69 by -52; -67 by -53, 



2. Aberdeen, South Andaman Island, Hume Coll. 

 23rd April. 



Genus TODOPSIS, Bp. 



Todopsis cyanocephala {Q. 6,- G.). 



(Plate VIII. fig. IG.) 



Todopsis cvanocephala, Cfould, Birds Neiu Guinea, ii. pi. 21 ; Shar2>e, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 280 (1879) ; id. Hand-l. iii. p. 249 (1901). 



The eggs of the New-Guinea Flycatcher are of a narrow oval form 

 and devoid of gloss. They are cream-coloured, thickly speckled, 

 especially at the broad end, with lilac-red and chestnut. Three 

 examples measure respectiyely : -68 by "48 ; '68 by "49 ; "68 by •49. 



3. S.E. New Guinea (with two eggs of Herr Weiske [C.]. 

 Cacom ant is inspe)-ati(s) , 



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