46 TlMELIIDj:. 



The eggs of Ilume's Tit-Babbler in the Collection vary from a 

 somewhat narrow to a broad oval form, and they have a fair amount 

 of gloss. The ground is of a very pale cream-colour, and this is 

 marked, first, with clouds and smears of pale yellowish brown, 

 secondly, with dots, lines and small blotches of dark purple-brown, 

 thirdly, with a number of inconspicuous clouds and blotches of very 

 pale lavender, chiefly towards the larger end of the egg. Six eggs 

 measure from -75 to -81 in length, and from -54 to 'G iu breadth. 



3. Mt. Mooleyit, Tenasseriin, Ilume Coll. 



2l8t Feb. ( If. Bavisoti). 

 •S. Mt. Mooleyit, 2;jth Feb. ( W. D.). Hume Coll. 



Schceniparus mandellii {Godwin- Austen). 



Minla mandellii, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 010 (1883). 

 ychreniparus mandellii, Oates, Fauna Brit, hid., Birds, i. p. 109 (1889) ; 



Stuart Baker, Juurn. Bombai/ Nat. Jlist. Sue. viii. p. 190 (189.'3j; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 46 (1903). 



The eggs of Mandelli's Tit-Babbler are regularly oval, pointed 

 towards one end, and fairly glossy. They are grey,_ marked with 

 numerous blotches of pale brown, and also show some irregular lines 

 and spots of a darker shade of brown. The measurements of three 

 eggs are respectively : 'S by -6 ; "8 by '61 ; -82 by -01. 



3. Laisung, N. Cachar, 21st May. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus PSEUDOMINLA, Oates. 



Pseudominla castaneiceps {Ilodgs.). 



(Plate II. fig. 15.) 



Minla castaneiceps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. vii. p. 608 (1883). 

 Sittiparus castaneiceps, Oates, Fauna Brit, hid., Birds, i. p. 172 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs hid. Birds, i. p. 118 (1889). 

 Pseudominla castaneiceps, Oates, Ibis, 1894, p. 480 ; Sharpe, Iland-l. 



iv. p. 47 (1903). 



The eggs of the Chestnut-headed Tit-Babbler are of a pointed 

 oval form, and are almost devoid of gloss. The ground is white. 

 The three eggs procured iu Tenasserim are rather thickly marked 

 with extremely minute reddish-brown dots, and round the larger 

 end of each is a very regular, well-defined zone, made up of these 

 dots and of some spots and smears of slate-grey. The egg procured 

 in Sikhim is thickly marked with spots and small blotches of jmrplish 

 brown and pale purple over the larger end, and with a few small 

 specks elsewhere. These four eggs measure respectively : -68 by -51 ; 

 •7 by -52 ; -72 by -53 ; '71 by -52. 



1. S\kh\m,Ma,j (J. Gammte). JIume Coll. 



3. Mooleyit Mountain, Tenasserim, Hume Coll. 



20th Feb. ( W. Davison). 



