40 



TIMELllD.j;, 



is of a darker reddish -liuff tiut, tuid the zone eonscqucnlly less 

 distinct. They measure respectively : -88 by -(56 ; -87 by "05. 



1. S.E. New Guinea. Mr. E. Weiske [C.l 



1. S.E. New Guinea. Mr. E. Weiske [C.]. 



Genus TURDINULUS, Hume. 



Turdinuhxs roberti {Godw.- Austen). 



(Plate III. fig. 9.) 



Pnoepvga roberti, Godtv.-Austen 4" Wahl. Ibis, 1875, p. 253; Hume, 



Stray Feath. 187(3, p. 218. 

 Turdinulus murinus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 593 (1883) ; Oates, 



B. Brit. Burm. i. p. 62 (1883). 

 Turdinulus roberti, Sharpe, lland-L iv. p. 41 (1903). 



The eggs of Robert's Babbler are of a broad oval form : the ground- 

 colour is -white devoid of gloss, and is either thickly and finely 

 speckled all over with light red and dull lavender undermarkings, 

 or has the markings larger and less numerous. In both forms the 

 markings are most frequent towards the larger end of the shell, 

 round which they sometimes form a distinct though somewhat inter- 

 rupted zone. They measure '7 to '8 in length, and 'So to '58 in 

 breadth. 



3. Margherita, Assam, 30th May. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Mai'gherita, Assam, oOtli May. E. C. Sluart Baker, Esq., and 



Br. H. Oollart [P.]. 

 3. Hungrum, N. Cacliar, 14tli May. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [0.]. 



Genus CORYTHOCICHLA, Slmrpe. 



Corythocichla striata {Walden\ 

 (Plate III. fig. 10.) 



Turdinus striatus, Walden, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) vii. p. 241 (1871) ; 



Godtv.-Austen, J. A. S. Beng. xlvii. p. 16 (1878). 

 Corythocichla striata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 593 (1883) ; Stuart 



Baker, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. p. 191 (1893) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 42 (1903). 



The eggs of the Streaked Babbler are of a wide oval form, slightly 

 pointed towards the smaller end ; the ground-colour is white with 

 a very slight gloss, spotted and speckled all over with light red and 

 pale lavender undermarkings. The markings are larger and most 

 numerous towards the larger end, where they form an irregular 

 zone. The eggs measure "75 to "8 in length, and '65 to -67 in 

 breadth. 



Mr. Stuart Baker {I. c.) gives the average measurement of 14 

 eggs as '81 by 'G. 



2. Margherita, Assam, 17th April. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



