STACHYRHIDOPSIS. MI.XOR.VIS. 49 



Stachyrhidopsis pyrrhops {Blifth). 



Stachvridopsis pyrrhops, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 600 (1883) • 



jV/. i/ff»^-/. iv. p. oO (1903). 

 Stachvrhidopsis pyrrhops, Oafi-s, Fauna Brit, hid., Eird.i. i. p. 165 (1889) ; 



id. ed. ILnne, Ne.^f,s ^- J?y_9,s Ind. Birds, i. p. 114 (1889). 



The single eg-g of the Red-billed Tit-Babbler in the Collection 

 closely resembles some of tlie eggs of S. rnjiceps, but the markings 

 are somewhat larger and of dearer and more delicate tints. It 

 measures "62 by -bl. 



1. Murri, N.W. Ilimalavas, Iliime Coll. 



i^7th June (C. R.'r. Marshall). 



Cicnus MIXORNIS, Hod,js. 



^ The eggs of the four species of this genus represented in the 

 Collection are of quite the same type, and do not require to be 

 described separately. They are of an oval form, and the majority 

 possess_ a considerable amount of gloss. The ground is white, 

 and this is speckled and spotted, bub not thickly, with shades of 

 i-ather bright reddish brown and some pale underlying purple. 

 The markings are more thickly clustered at the larger end of the 

 egg and frequently form, at that part, a zone or cap of irregular 

 shape. 



Mixornis gularis {llaffl.). 



Mixornis gularis, Sliarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 576 (1883) • Oa/es 



Fama Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 168 (1889) ; id. ed. Hump, Nests 



\qS''^ '^'"^' ^"''^^' '^' ^' ^^^ (l^^-*^); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 52 



The eggs of the Sumatrau Yellow-breasted Tit-Ikbbler measure 

 from -68 to -70 in length, and from -52 to -oB in breadth. 



3. Klang, Malay Peninsula, 1st Juno Hume Coll. 



( W. Dnrison). 

 \. Salanga, Malay Peninsula. Crowley Bequest. 



Mixornis wooii, Sharpe. 



(Plate II. fig. 9.) 



MLxornis woodi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 577 (1883) ; Whitehead 

 Ibis, 1890, p. 50 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 53 (1903J. ' 



The eggs of the Palawan Yellow-breasted Tit-Babbler measure 

 respectively -71 by -52 and -72 by -52. 



2. Island of Palawan, Philippines, Crowlev Beauest 

 -'9th June {J. Whitehead). 



