i)0 TIMELIID.K. 



Oeiuis LIOPTILA, Blt/th. 



L-optila capistrata {Vij-). 

 (Plate 1. fig. 5.) 



Malacias capistrata, S/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 403 (1883) ; Nehrh. 



Kat. Eiersainnd. p. .59 (185^)9). 

 Lioptila capistrata. Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 196 (1889) ; id. 



ed. Hume, Nests i^- Eyys Ind. Birds, i. p. 133 (1889) ; Sharpe, Ha7id-l. 



iv. p. 59 (1903). 



The eggs of the Elack-headed .Sibia are of a blunt oval form, and 

 exhibit a little gloss. Tlie ground-colour is of a pale greenish white, 

 and this is marlved in a complicated manner : " first there are usually 

 a few, large, irregular, moderately daric brownish-red spots and 

 sjilasbes ; then there are a very few, very dark, reddish-brown hair- 

 lines, such as one finds on Buntings' eggs ; then there is a good deal 

 of clouding and smudging here and there of pale, dingy purplish or 

 brownish-red (all these markings are most numerous towards the 

 large end) ; and then, besides these, and almost entirely confined 

 to the large end, are a few pale purple s])ecks and spots. Sometimes 

 the markings are almost wholly confined to the thicker end of the 

 egg.'' (Hume.) Six eggs measure from "92 to 1 in length, and from 

 •6t) to -72 in breadth. 



1. Muni, 5th June (C. R. Code). Hume Coll. 



1. SWihim (J. Gammie). Iliune Coll. 

 i.'. Sikhim (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



2. Sikhim (/. G.). Hume Coll. 



Lioptila gracilis {McCIeU.). 



(Plate III. fig. 4.) 



Sibia gracilis, Godmn-Aiist. J. A. S. Beng. xliii. pt. ii. p. 179 (1874). 



iNlalacias gracilis, ft/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 406 (1883). 



Li^iptila gracili.^, Gate.", Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 197 (1889) ; id. ed. 



Hume, Nests Sf Fqgs Ind. Birds, i. p. 135 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iv. p. 69 (1903). 



The eggs of the Grey Sibia in the Collection are of a broad oval 

 form, exhibit a moderate amount of gloss, and are of a pale green 

 colour mottled all over with pale rufous and lilac. They measure 

 respectively : -86 by '71 ; "84 by '7. 



2. Umian Vallev, Assam, 25th June. Col. H. II. Godwin-Austen 



[P.]. 



Lioptila melanoleuca (Bh/th). 



IMalacias melanoleuca, S/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 405 (1883). 

 Ijioptila melanoleuca, Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Bird.'i, i. p. 198 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests S' Eqqs Ind. Birds, i. p. 135 (1889) ; S/iarpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 50 (1003). 



