11 



Argya subrufa {JcnL). 

 (Plate I. fig. 2.) 



Argva subrufa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 390 (1883) ; Gates, 

 'Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 109 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nexts Sr 

 Eggs hid. Birds, i. p. 74 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersmmnl. p. 59 

 (1899) ; Sharps, Hand-l. iv. p. 11 (1903). 



Three eggs of tlie Large Rufous Babbler measure respectively : 

 •96 by -74 ; "96 by -74 ; -95 by -74. 



3. Manantoddy, Wynaad, S. ludia, Hume Coll. 

 23rd Apiil. 



Argya earlei (Bh/th). 



Argya earlii, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 392 (1883) ; Gates, Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. lOo (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 1^- Eggs Ind. 

 Birds, i. p. 68 ^1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersunind. p. •j9 (1899) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 11 (1903). 



The eggs of the Striated Babbler vary from -78 to -95 in length, 

 and from -61 to -71 in breadth. 



India. 



Eastern Narra, Sind («S'. Doig). 

 Eastern Narra, 8th May (S. I).). 

 Eastern Narra, 26th May {-S'. B.). 

 Saharunpur, 15th April (C. H. T. 



Marshall). 

 Delhi, 2Sth March [C. T. Bingham). 

 Delhi, L'Sth March (C. T. Bingham). 

 Pegu District, 24th July. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Cull. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Himie Coll. 



Arg:ya caudata {Drap.). 



Argya caudata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B.M.\i\. p. 393 (1883); Gates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 106 ( 1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests (^ Eggs 

 Ind. Birds, i. p. 70 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 59 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hund-l. iv. p. 11 (1903). 



Argya eclipes, Hume ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 394. 



Argya huttoni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 394. 



The eggs of the Common Indian Babbler vary from -72 to -92 in 

 length, and from '6 to u in breadth. 



13. Fao, Persian Gulf, June. 



3. Jask, Gulf of Oman, 28th March. 



4. Jask, 1st April. 

 1. India. 



1. India, 7th July. 



6. India. 



7. Sind {J. H. Gould). 

 1. Sind {J. H. G.). 



1. Sind (J. H. G. : Tristram Co'l). 



4. Hansi, 30th March ( If. Blewitt). 



W. D. Gumming, Esq. [P.]. 



S. Butcher, Esq. [P.]. 



S. Butcher, Esq. fP.]. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Hume Coll. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Gould CoU. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Hume Coll. 



