nYPsiPETE^. 305 



Hypsipetes gaiieesa, Syl-cf!. 



riypsipetes praneesa, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 469 (1S79) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. vi. p. 39 (1881); Oatcs, Fauna Brit. Lid., Birds, i. 

 p. ■262 ( 1889) ; id. ed. Ex me. Nests ^ Eggs hid. Birds, i. p. 1()7 (1S>9) ; 

 Sharpe, Hnnd-l. iii. p. 310 (1901). 



The eo;gs of the Southern-Indian Black Bnlbul are of a narrow 

 pointed oval form, and are slightly glossy. Thoy are pinkish white, 

 speckled, spotted and, less frequently, blotched with pale purple and 

 deep reddish brown. The markings are dense at the broad end of 

 the egg, where they are frequently confluent and form an ill-defined 

 cap or zone. Specimens measure from '96 to I'lo iu length, and 

 from -7 to -78 in breadth. 



4. Coonoor, Nilgliiri Hills. Hume Coll. 



1. CooHoor, April (IF. Drtc/sow). Hume Coll. 



1. Coonoor, 11th April. Hume Coll. 



1. Coonoor, 18th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Curzou, Nilghiri Hills, .5tli May. Hume Coll. 



2. Ootacamuud, Nilghiri Hills. Hume Coll. 



1. Nilghiri Hills, April. Hume Coll. 



2. Nilghiri Hills. Crowley Bequest. 



Hypsipetes nigerrimus, Gould. 



Ilvpsipetes nigerrimus, Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 287 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. 31. \i. p. 41 (1881); La Touche, Ibis, 1.-^98, p. 305; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 310 (1901). 



The eggs of the Formosan Black Bulbul are of a narrow oval 

 form, and possess a considerable amount of gloss. They are of a 

 pinkish-white colour, thickly covered with spots and blotches of 

 rich reddish brown and lavender. Five eggs measure respectively : 

 1-02 by -07 ; 1 by -06 ; 1 by -64 ; 1 by -78; -94 by -75. 



3. Formosa, 27th May (P. A. Ilvlst). Seebohm Coll. 



2, Fornuisa {B. Swinhue : Tristram Crowley Buquest. 



Coll.). 



Hypsipetes leucocephahis {Gm.). 

 (Rate X. fig. 6.) 



Plvpsipetes leucocephahis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 41 (1881) ; 

 La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 416 ; Shar2}e, Hand-l. iii. p. 310 (1901). 



The eggs of the "White-headed Black Bulbul aie of a somewhat 

 narrow oval shape and moderately glossy. They are pinkish white, 

 densely spotted and streaked with purplish red, reddish brown, and 

 lavender. Many of the specimens in the Collection are in.separable 

 from eggs of H. psaroides. They measure from 1 to 1"(»7 in length, 

 and from '7 to "76 in breadth. 



3. Kuatun, Foh-kien, China, May C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.l. 



{J. D. La Touche). 



3. Kuatun, May (,/. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.l. 



3. Kuatun, June {J. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 

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