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Kuatun, 7th May (/. D. La T.). C. B. llidiett, Esq. [I'.\ 



Kuatun, 12th May (/. U. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 



Kuatun, loth May (J. D. La T.). C. B. Bickett, Esq. [P.I. 



KiiatuD, June (,7". I). La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [B.]. 



Kuatun, May {J. D. La T.). Crowley Bequest. 



Staphidia everetti, Sliarpe. 



Staphidia everetti, S/iarjy, Ll>i.<, 1887, p. 447, 189:3, p. 56-'3; Everett, 

 Jjiat Birch Borneo, p. 107 (1889) ; Kehrk. Kut. Eiersaminl. p. 64 

 ( 1890) ; liJiarpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 61 (1903). 



One of the two eggs of Staphidia everetti in the Collection is of 

 an elliptical, the other of a blunt oval form. On a ground-colour 

 of creamy white they are marked with dots and blotches of various 

 shades of reddish brown, which increase in size and are richer in 

 colour towards the larger end, where they form a more or less 

 distinct zone. They measure respectively '72 by -54 and '72 

 by "55. 



•J. .Mataug, N.W. Borneo, Feb. A. II. Everett, Esq. [P.]. 



Staphidia castaneiceps (Moore). 

 (Plate III. fig. 5.) 



Ixulus castaneiceps, il/oo?-e, p. Z. <S. IS.y, p. 141; Horsf. S)- Moore, B. 



K I. Co. Mm. i. p. 411 (1854). 

 Staphidia castaneiceps, Godtv.- Austen, J. A. S. Bevq. xlvii. pt. ii. p. 20 



( 1878) : 8harpe, Cut. Birds B. M. vii. p. 616 (1883) ; id. Mand-l. iv. 



p. 61 (1903). 



Three eggs of the Chestnut-headed Staphidia are broad ovals, and 

 very similar in colour to those of S. everetti. They measure '7 to 

 •71 in length, and "So in breadth. 



o. LaisuDg, N. Cachar, 7lh May. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus SIVA, UoJgs. 



Siva cyanuroptera, HoJijs. 



(Plato IV. fig. 12.) 



Siva cyanuroptera, Hharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 640 (1883J ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Lnd., Birds, i. p. 209 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests c^- 

 Egqs lnd. Birds, i. p. 138 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersaminl. p. 60 

 (1899) ; tSharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 62 (1903). 



The two eggs of the Blue-winged Siva in the Collection are of a 

 somewhat elongated oval form, of a blue ground-colour, and fairly 



glos.'^y. One of them is very spariuglj- speckled with pale red and 



