296 CAMPOPnAGID^, 



Geims VOLVOCIVORA, Ilodgs. 



Volvocivora lugubris (Sundev.). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 16.) 



Campopliaga lugubris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 65 (1879) ; NeJirk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 23 (1899). 

 Campophaga melanoschista, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 491 



(1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 345 (1889). 

 Volvocivora lugubris, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii.p. 1^98 (1901). 



The eggs of the Dark-grey Cuckoo-Shrike are of a regular oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. They are of a white or greenish- 

 white colour, very thickly streaked and blotched with dark brown 

 and lavender-grey. They measure from -9 to 1'02 in length, and 

 from '65 to 'Tl in breadth. 



2. Jerripani, Mussoori (T. ^«<ton). Hume Coll. 



4. Mongphoo, Darjiling [J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



2. Mongphoo, 17tk June (/. G.). Hamc Coll. 



Volvocivora melanoptera {Rilpp.). 



Campophaga melanoptera, Sharjje, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 67 (1879) ; 



Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 492 (1889). 

 Volvocivora melanoptera, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 299 (1901). 



The eggs of the Pale-grey Cuckoo-Shrike appear to be inseparable 

 from those of V. lugubris. Three examples measure respectively : 

 •97 by -69 ; "95 by -69 ; -98 by -7. 



3. Foochow, China, 11th June. C. B. Eickett, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus PEEICROCOTUS, Bole. 



Pericrocotus speciosus (Lafh.). 



(Plate IX. fig. 14.) 



Pericrocotus speciosus, Sharjye, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 71 (1879) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 479 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 

 ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 335 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 299 

 (1901), 



The eggs of the Indian Scarlet Minivet are of an extremely 

 broad oval form and almost devoid of all gloss. They are greyish 

 white, speckled and spotted with pale brown and lavender, chiefiy 

 at the broad end, where the markings are larger and more or less 

 confluent. Pour examples measure respectively: -88 by -71; "94 

 by -66 ; -86 by -68 ; -85 by -67. 



3. Jerripani, Mussoori (T. Hutton). Hume Coll. 



1. Dehra Dhoon, N.W. Provinces, Hume Coll. 

 {T. H.). 



