LKjTIIKIX. PXKUYlim-S. 61 



:i DMijiling, >L,v. Hume Coll. 



1. l»ai jilinj^, .luuf. Hume Coll. 



10. ]\Ioii;.>-phoo, Darj^liiig- (J. Ganunie). Hume CJoll. 



12. Monurphoo, 1st June (./. G.). Hume Coll. 



*i. Mong-phoo, 1st June (j; <?.). Hume Coll. 



1. Mongphoo, loth June (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



2. Mongphoo, 17th Oct. (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



Liothrix luteus {Scop.). 



Liotlirix luteus, Shnrpr, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 644 (1883) Tpart., Cliina^ ; 

 La Touche, Ihis, ls99. p. 404; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 64 (1903j. 



The eggs of the Chinese Liothrix are indistinguishable from those 

 of L. calipygns. 



2. Kuatun, China, May (J. D. La C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



Touche). 



?>. Kuatun, 8th Mav {J. I). Ln T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Kuatun, 15th Mky (J. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett. Esq. [P.]. 



3. Kuatun, 2oth May (J. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]- 



Genus PTERYTHIU3, Sivains. 



Pterythius seralatiis {Ticl-dl). 



(Plate III. Gg. 3.) 



Ptereythrius isralatus, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 114 (1883). 

 Pteruthius feralatus, Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 225 (1889). 

 Ptererythius rerilatus, Z« Tuuche, Ihis, lS99, p. 40><. 

 Pterythius peraliitus, Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 65 (1903). 



An egg of Tickell's Shrike-Tit in the Collection is very similar 

 to that of P. erythropteras, described below, but the markings at 

 the broad end are more delicate, and instead of forming a cap, are 

 disposed in the shape of a very wide and straggliug zone. It 

 measures '0 by "GG. 



1. Kuatun, Fnhkien, China, 25th April C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 

 {J. T>. La Touche). 



Pterythius erythroptenis ( Vvj. ). 

 (I'late III. fig. 2.) 



Pterervthrius erythropterus, Gadoiv, Cat. Bird" B. J/, viii. p. 113 



(1883). 

 Pteruthius erythropterus. Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 224 



(1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eggs Lid. Birds, i. p. 150 (1889J. 

 Pterythius erythropterus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 65 (1903). 



An egg of the Red-winged Shrike-Tit in the Collection is of a 

 ])ointed oval form and moderately glossy. It is pinkish white, 

 lliickly speckled and sjiottcd with chestnut-brown and underlying 



