294 



CAMPOPHAGI^iE, 



Graucalus macei, Less. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 12.) 



Graiicalus macei, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 34 (1879) ; Legge, Birds 

 Ceiflon, p. 360 (1879); Oates Fauna Brit, hid., Birds, i. p. 496 

 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 348 (1889) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 22 (1899) ; SJiarpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 292 

 (1901). 



The eggs of the Indian Cuekoo-Shrike are mostly of a leDgtheued 

 and pointed oval form, and they have a considerable amount of gloss. 



The coloration is of two distinct types. In one the ground is 

 fawn-coloured, thickly spotted, streaked and blotched, pretty evenly 

 all over, with brown, light chestnut and grey. In the second the 

 ground is of a pale green colour, marked with clouds, small blotches 

 and streaky spots of dark brown, yellowish-brown, and lavender. 

 Specimens measure from I'll to 1-35 in length, and from '8 to '91 

 in breadth. 



1. Sitapur, Oudh, 29t]i March. 



2. Oudh Terai, 6th May. 

 2. Oudh Terai, 23rd May. 



2. Allahabad. 

 4. Allahabad. 



3. Allahabad, 5th July. 



1. Saugor, Central Provinces {F. R. 



Blewitt). 

 6. Central India, 9th March (R. C. 



Bmvan; Tristram Cull.). 

 1. India. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Graucalus hypoleucus, G&uld. 



Graucalus hypoleucus, Govld, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 196 (I860) ; 

 &harpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 36 (1879) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N.S. W. vii. p. 408, pi. 3. fig. 11 (1882) ; North, Nests i,- Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 76, pi. ix. fig. 1 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 22 (1899) ; Robinson ^- Laverock, Ibis, 1900, p. 628 ; Campbell, 

 Nests ^ Egys Austr. Birds, i. p. 98 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 292 

 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike resemble those of 

 G. mehmcipk and G. ixirvirostris, but are somewhat smaller. Six 

 examples measure from 1"1 to 1-3 in length, and from -77 to "9 in 

 breadth. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, Crowley Bequest. 



15th Sept. (North Coll.). 

 2. Dawson River, 22nd Oct. (North Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 2. Dawson River, 6th Nov. (North Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



