MYIOPHONEUS. 



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broad end, where the markings are larger and more thickly gathered 

 together. Three examples measure respectivelj- : -S by -57 ; '84 

 by -57 ; '79 by -58. 



.'i. Mindanao, Pliilippine Ldand^, April. rrowlev Bequest. 



Gcuns MYIOPHONEUS, Temm. 



The eggs of this genus may be briefly described as of a longish 

 oval form, with little gloss, and of a ])aie greenish or greyish-white 

 to ])inkisli ground-colour, more or less freckled and spotted with 

 jjinkisL and yellowish brown. 



Myiophoneus temmincki, Vig. 



ilyioplioneus temmincki, Sliarpe, Cat. Birch B. M. vii. p. 7 (188S); 

 Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birch, i. p. 178 (1889); id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests &■ Eygs Ind. Birds, i. p. 120 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 50 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hund-l. iv. p. 54 (1903J. 



The eggs of the Himalayan Whistling-Thrush are chiefly of an 

 elongated oval form, and slightly glossy. They are greyish or 

 greenish white, freckled all over with minute specks of pale pink, 

 brownish pink, and lavender-grey. In the majority of specimens 

 these markings are very dense and confluent at the large end, 

 forming an ill-defined cap or zone of darker colour. A few are also 

 marked with some spots of yellowish l>rowa. The eggs measure 

 from 1-22 to 1*52 in length, and from -9 to 1-04 in breadth. 



