60 TIMELIID^. 



Mixornis rubricapilla (r/cZ,-.). 



Mixornis rubricapilla, Shm-pe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 678 (18S3) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Lid., Birds, i. p. 167 (18S9) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests Sf 

 Eggs Lid Birds, i.-^. llo (1889); Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 64 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 53 (1903). 



The eggs of the Indian Yellow-breasted Tit-Babbler in the Col- 

 lection measure from -6-1: to -71 in length, and from -5 to -53 in 

 breadth. 



3. Pegu, 25th .Tune (E. W. Oates). Hume Coll. 



1 . Pegu, 28th May {E. W. 0.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Tavov, 6th May ( JV. Davison). Hume Coll. 



Mixornis montana, Sharpe. 



(Plate II. fig. 11.) 



Mixornis montana, Sharpe, Ibis, 1887, p. 448, 1889, p. 417 ; Everett, List 

 Birds Borneo, p. 107 (1889); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 63 (1903). 



The eggs of Whitehead's Tit-Babbler in the Collection A'ary from 

 •65 to -78 in length, and from -52 to -58 in breadth. 



3. Mt. Kina Balu, N.W. Borneo. A. H. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Mt. Kina Balu. A. H. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Mt. Kina Balu, March (/. White- Crowley Bequest. 

 head). 



Genus MACRONUS, Jard. cj- Selh. 



Macronus ptilosus, Jard. Sf Selb. 



Macronus ptilosus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 583 (1883) ; id. Ibis, 

 1889, p. 282; Everett, List Birds Boryieo, p. 108 (1889); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iv.ip.ryd (1903). 



The eggs of the Hairy-backed Tit-Babbler are of a blunt oval 

 form, slightly glossy, and plain white. Three examples measure 

 respectively : '8 by -58 ; -8 by -57 ; "8 by -58. 



3. Mt. Kina Balu, Borneo, 17th Jan. Trowley Bequest. 

 {J. Whitehead). 



Macronus striaticeps, Sharpe. 



Macronus striaticeps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 5S4 (1883) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 64, pi. ii. fig. 16 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. 

 p. 53 (1903), 



The eggs of the Striped-headed Tit-Babbler are of a narrow oval 

 form, and exhibit a moderate amount of gloss. They are white, 

 spotted and blotched with chestnut and lavender, especially at the 



