24 TIMELIID.^. 



The eggs of the Ilufous-necked Laiighing-Tliriish are of a some- 

 what poiated oval form. They are highly glossy and of a very pale 

 blue or bluish-white colour, they measure from -135 to I'l in length, 

 and from "7 to "83 in breadth. 



28. Mongphoo, Darjiling {J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



7. Mon^phoo, 30lh Apnl {J. G.). Hume Coll. 



]. Mongpboo, May (.7. G.). Hume Coll. 



1. IMongplioo, .'ird'Hay (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



0. Mougphoo, 7th May (/. G.). Hume Coll. 



1. Mongphoo, 8th MaV (J. G.). Hume Coll. 

 7. Mongphoo, 9th Mav (J. G.). Hume Coll. 

 '2. Mongphoo, 15th May (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



4. Himalayas. * Crowley Bequest. 



Dryonastes nuchalis {Godwin-Austen). 



Garrulax nuchalis, Godin.-Amten, Ann. S,- Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xviii. 



p. 411 (1876) ; Hume, Str. F. v. p. 58 (1877) ; id. Str. F. 1879, 



p 96. 

 Dryonastes nuchalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 45G (1883) ; id. 



Hand-l. iv. p. I'O (1903). 



The eggs of Ogle's Laughing-Thrush are similar to those of 

 1). ruficollis, but of a slightly deeper shade of blue. They measure 

 from'l-05 to 1-15 in length, and from 0-75 to 0-85 in breadth. 



1. Margherita, Assam, 14th May. E. C. StAiart Baker, Esq., (^ rp -, 



3. Margherita, Assam, 9th June. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



'" C. Stuart Baker, Es 

 and Dr. H. CoUart 



Dryonastes perspicillatus (Gmcl.). 



Dryonastes perspicillatus, S/iarjx, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 458 (1883) ; 

 Styaii, Ihis, 1S87, p. 218 ; Sharjie, Huiid-l. iv. p. 21 (1903). 



The eggs of the Chinese Laughing-Thrush are of an ordinary 

 oval form, highly glossy, and of a very pale blue or bluish-white 

 colour. They measure from 1-08 to 1-19 in length, and from -81 

 to '90 in breadth. 



3. Foochow, China, April. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P 



3. Foochow, 9th Mav. 0. B, Eickett, Esq. [P 



1. Foochow, 15th Mav. C. B, Rickett, Esq. [P. 



Dryonastes sannio (Sivinh.). 



(Hate I. fig. S.) 



Garrulax sannio, David ^- Ottstalet, Ois. Chine, p. 192 (1877). 

 Dryonastes sannio, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 459 (1883) ; Oates, 



Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 76 (1889) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 61 (1899) J Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 21 (1903). 



The only egg of the White-browed Laughing-Thrush in the 



