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Genus TRACHYCOMUS, Cah. 



Trachycomus ochrocephalus (&'m.). 



Tiacbycomus ocliroceplialus, SJiavpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 93 (1881) ; 

 Oatcs, Fauna Brit. Iml, Birds, i. p. 281 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests 4- Eqgslnd. Birds, i. p. 184, footnote (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 320\l901). 



The eggs of the Yellow-crowned Eulhul in the Collection are of a 

 regular oval form, and exhibit very little gloss. One has the ground- 

 colour pale salmon-pink, while the other is of a grejish-piuk 

 colour: both thickly blotched with rich purplish red, reddish brown, 

 and lavender. The markings are slightly larger and more numerous 

 at the larger end of the egg. Two examples measure respectively : 

 1-07 by -75 ; 1-03 by -74. 



1. Kussoom, Malay Peninsula, Hume Coll. 



2ud July [J. Darling). 

 1. Kussoom (J. D.). Hume Coll. 



Genus BLEDA, Bp. 



Bleda icterica {SirklJ.). 



(Plate X. fig. 12.) 



Criniger ictericus, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 472 (1879). 



Xenocichla icterica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 96 (1881) ; Ncltrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 43 (1899). 

 lole icterica, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birdx, i. p. 283 (1889) ; id. ed. 



Hume, Nests S^- Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 185 (1869). 

 Bleda icterica, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 320 (1901). 



The eggs of the Yellow-browed Eulbul are of a narrow oval form 

 and moderately glossy. Two examples in the Collection are white, 

 feebly specklecl with very faint grey. A third is pinkish white, 

 closely s])eckled with brownish and purplish pink, the markings 

 being confluent at the broader end and forming a large cap. They 

 measure respectively : 1 by -65; -9 by -65; -9 by "63. 



1. Khotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 18th Iluuie Coll. 



April [Miss Cock/n<rn). 



2. Kotagherry, 22ud April (Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockburn). 



Genus ANDROPADUS, Srvains. 



Andropadiis importunus ( Vieill.). 



(Plate X. fig. 13.) 



Andropadus importunus, Sharpe, ed. Bayard's Bii-ds S. Africa, p. 204 

 (1875-84) ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 108 (1881) ; id. Hand-l. iii. 

 p. 323 (1901) ; Stark, Birds S. Africa, ii. p. 65 (1901). 



The eggs of the Sombre Tooth-billed Bulbul are of a narrow oval 



