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Two eggs of the Spotted-breasted Laughing-Thrush in tho 

 Collection are blue, somewhat glossy, and with a satiny surface. 

 They measure 1"24 by '86 ; 1*25 by "87 respectively. 



2. ilaijlling, N. Cachar, 23rd July. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus GRAMMATOPTILA, EekJienh. 

 Grammatoptila striata ( Vl[/.). 



Gramiuatoptila striata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 450 (1883) ; 

 Oaten, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 103 (188y) ; id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests ^ S/f/s Ind. Birds, i. p. 67 (1889) ; Nekrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 61 (1899) ; iiharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 19 (1903). 



The eggs of the Striated Laughing-Thrush are of a sharply- 

 pointed oval form, with only a small amount of gloss. They are of 

 a pale greenish-blue colour. Some eggs are quite spotless, others are 

 marked with a few very small reddish-brown specks about the 

 larger end. They measure from 1'25 to 1-35 in length, and from 

 •89 to -92 in breadth. 



2. Darjiling, July. TTume Coll. 



2. Mongphoo, Darjiling, 5th May Hume Coll. 



(J. Gammie). 



2, Mongphoo, 5th May {J. G.). Hume Coll. 



Genus RHINOCICHLA, Sharpe. 

 Rhinocichla treacheri, Sharpe. 



Rhinocichla treacheri, S/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 453 (1883) ; id. 

 Ibis, 1889, p. 412; id. Hand-l. iv. p. 19 (1903). 



The only egg of Treacher's Laughing- Thrush in the Collection is 

 of a regular oval form, of a bright pale blue colour and rather 

 glossy. It measures 1*06 by "83 inch. 



1. Kina Balu Mt., Borneo, 17th March Crowley Bequest. 

 {J. Whitehead). 



Genus DRYONASTES, Sharpe. 



The eggs of this genus are spotless and are of all shades of blue, 

 from the very palest, barely distinguishable from pure white, to 

 those of a rather deep blue tint. 



Dryonastes ruficoUis {J. 4' S.). 



Dryonastes ruficoUi.s, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 454 (1883) ; 

 Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 73 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume 

 Nests (S- Ff/'/s Ind. Birds, i. p. 45 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersananl. 

 p. 61 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 20 (1903). 



