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Gemis PELLORNEUM, Swains. 



Pellorneum mandellii, BJanf. 



Pellornoim nipalense, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B, M. vii. p. 518 (1883) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. FJersamml. p. 62 (1899). 

 Pelloineuin mandellii, Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 140 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests S,- Eqijs Ind. Birds, i. p. 99 (1889); Stuart 



Baker, J. Bomb. N. 11. Sue. viii. p. 180 (1893) ; Sharpe, Ha7id-l. iv. 



p. 29 (1903). 



The eggs of Mandelli's Spotted Babbler are of a blunt oval shape, 

 aud exhibit a slight gloss. The ground is white, and this is very 

 thickly speckled with chocolate-browu and reddish brown. These 

 markings are larger and more numerous at the thick end of the 

 egg, where they usually form an indistinct cap. The shell is also 

 marked with some pale purple underlying specks. The eggs 

 measure from "81 to "9 in length, and from 'Gl to -66 in breadth. 



1. Sikhim, 4th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Sikhim, 5th June. Hume Coll. 



1. Sikhim. Crowley Bequest. 



Darjiling-, July. Hume Coll. 



Muugphoo, Darjiling (J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



Assam, 18th April. Crowley Bequest. 



Pellorneum ruficeps, Swains. 



(Plate I. fig. 21.) 



Pellorneum ruficeps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 520 (1883) ; Gates, 

 Fau7ia Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 141 (1889); id. ed. Hume, Nests t^- 

 Eijqs Ind. Birds, i. p. 100 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersaminl. p. 63 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-L iv. p. 30 (1903). 



The single egg of the Spotted Babbler in the Collection resembles 

 the eggs of P. mandellii. It measures "84 by '63. 



1. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 28th Hume Coll. 

 March [Miss Cockburn). 



Pellorneum subochraceum, Swinh. 

 (Plate I. fig. 20.) 



Pelliirneum subochraceum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 521 (1883) ; 

 Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 142 (1889); id. ed. Hume, 

 Ne.ots <^- Eqys Ind. Birds, i. p. 100 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 02 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 136 (1903). 



The eggs of the Burmese Spotted Babbler are inseparable from 

 those of P. mandellii, hut they are, on the average, rather smaller. 

 They measure from "78 to '86 in length, and from '6 to "64 in 

 breadth. 



1. Pegu, 2nd May {E. If. Gates: Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll.). 



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