IBOGL0DYTID,T3. G5 



with under-markings of pale lavender, spotted and blotched irregu- 

 lar]}', but sparingly, with pale and dark brown, the dark brown 

 markings varying a good deal in size and shape. One egg is some- 

 what thickly covered with pale brown, but has hardly any of the 

 darker colour. They measure from '80 to '84 in length, and from 

 •60 to 'GG in breadth. 



1. Sikhim, 17th May (i. Mcmdelli). Hume Coll. 



1. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, May C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



{J. D. La Touehe). 



2. Kuatun, 1:2th 31ay {J. D. La C. B, Eickett, Esq. [P.]. 



Touchi"). 



Scaeorhynchus ruficeps ( Blyth). 



Suthora ruficeps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 491 (1883) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 62 (1899). 

 Scaeorliyncbus ruficeps, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 68 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 43 (1889) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 71 (1903). 



The three eggs of the Larger Rod-headed Suthora in the Col- 

 lection very closely resemble the egg of Conostoma amodium in 

 colour, but are very much smaller. They measure respectively : 

 •85 by -62 ; -8 by -65 ; -8 by -6. 



3. Sikhim, 2000 feet, loth May Hume Coll. 



{J. Gammie). 



Family TROGLODYTIDiE. 



Genus HELEODYTES, Cab. 

 Heleodytes variegatus (Gm.). 



Campylorhynchus variegatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 188 (1881). 

 Heleodytes variegatus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 73 (1903). 



An egg in the Collection said to be that of the Brazilian Cactus- 

 Wren is of a regular oval form, slightly blunted, and almost devoid 

 of gloss. It is cream-coloured, speckled with pale lilac-red, the 

 markings being dense on the broad end and forming a zone round 

 that part. It measures 1-03 by '71. 



1. [Brazil.] Crowley Bequest. 



Heleodytes capistratus (Less.). 



Campylorbynchus rufiuucha, >SV//y. lOis, 1866, p. 191. 



Campylcirlivnchus capistratus, Taglor, Ibis, 1860, p. 317; Salv. Sf Godm. 



Biol. I'entr.-Ainer., Aves, i. p. 64 (1880) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 



vi. p. 191 (1881). 

 Heleodytes capistratus, Shai-pe, Hand-l. iv. p. 73 (1903). 



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