60 TlilKLtlD^. 



Geuus IXULUS, Hodgs. 



Ixulus flavicollis, Ilodijs. 



(Plate II. fig. IS.) 



Ixulus fiiivic-ollis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 012 (1883) ; Hume, 

 Stray Feath. xi. p. 2Jl (1888) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. 

 p. 218 (1889); id. ed. Hume, Xests ^- Ff/r/s Lid. Birds, i. p. 14o 

 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 64 (1899) ; Sharpe, Haiirl-l. iv. 

 p. 63 (1903). 



The eggs of the Tellow-naped Ixulus are of a regular oval form 

 ■with but little gloss. 'J'he ground is creamy-white, sometimes 

 pure white. The markings consist of specks, spots, and small 

 blotches of two or more shades of reddish brown, and are rather 

 thickly set over the shell, but they are most dense at the larger 

 end, where they form a zone or cap, distinct and well-defined in 

 some eggs, irregular and blotchy in others. Some underlyiug 

 pale purple markiugs are also scattered over the egg. Speciraeus 

 measure from -jr) to -S in length, and from "54 to '58 in breadth, 



2. Sikhim. Crowley Bequest. 



7. Mongphoo, Darjiliiig (/. G/immie). Hume Coll. 



2. Maclii, Manipur, 6th May (A. O. Hume Coll. 

 Hume). 



Genus LIOTHRIX, Sivnin.^. 



Liothrix calipygus, Hodjs. 



(Plate IV. fig. 13.) 



Liothrix lutea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 644 (18H3) [part.] ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 22 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests ^- Fi/ys 

 Ind. Birds, i. p. 147 (1889) ; Ne/irk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 6o (1899). 



Liothrix calipygus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 64 (1903). 



The eggs of the Iled-billed Liothrix are of a regular oval, though 

 some spec mens are found with a broader or more elongated form : 

 they have a considerable amount of gloss. The ground-colour varies 

 from very pale greenish white to a pale green or greenish blue, and 

 this is spotted, blotched and clouded with j'ellowish brown, rufous, 

 purple-brown, and lavender. The markings are nowhere thickly 

 disposed except at the large end, where they form a cap or zone. 

 The eggs measure from "76 to "95 in length, and from "59 to "66 in 

 breadth. 



19. Himalayas. "W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 16. Sikhim (./. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



1. Sikhim, 10th June (,/. G.). Plume Coll. 



1. Sikhim, Uth June {J. G.). Plume Coll. 



6. Sikhim. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Lebong, Sikhim, .Tune. Hume Coll. 



2. Davjiliug, 24th April. Hume Coll. 



