142 TTJRDID^. 



Of a totally diiferent type are the eggs of this Eedstart taken 

 by Mr. Osmaston in the Tons Valley in the Himalaya, and they 

 agree perfectly with the eggs iigured by Dr. Pleske as those of 

 this species. They are pinlcish white, clouded over with very pale 

 brownish pink, chiefly at the broad end, and a few very minute 

 specks of darker rufous are scattered over the shell. They are 

 fairly glossy and measure respectively: "79 by -G ; '79 b}^ "54 ; '78 

 by -56. 



3. Sikhim. Hume Coll. 



3. Tons Valley, Himalaya, June. B. B. Osmaston, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Koko-nor {Tri:ig Museum). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus DIPLOOTOCUS, Hartert. 



Diplootocus moussieri (Olphe-GalL). 



Ruticilla moussieri, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 307; Tristram, Ibis, 1859, 

 p. 416 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 301 (1873) ; Bree, Birds Eur. 2ud 

 ed. ii. p. 88, pi. (1875). 



Pinarochroa moussieri, Sluirpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 20 (1883) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 51 (1899). 



Diplootocus moussieri, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 152 (1903). 



The eggs of Moussier's Redstart are of a broad oval form, rather 

 glossy, and of a white or very pale bluish white, sometimes sparingly 

 marked with exceedingly minute rufous dots, easily overlooked 

 unless the specimens are carefully examined. They measure from 

 •72 to -78 in length, and from -56 to -57 in breadth. 



1. Chemora, Algeria, 2nd June (0. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Salvin). 



2. Chemora, 2nd June {Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 1. Khifa M'sakta, Algeria, 25th April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. S.). 

 4. Khifa M'sakta, 24th April ( W. H. Crowley Bequest. 



Simpson: Tristram Coll.). 



Genus RHYACORNIS, BUnf. 

 Rhyacornis fuliginosa ( Virj.). 



Xanthopvgia fuliginosa, Shari)e, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 253 (1879) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 26 (1899). 

 Rhyacornis fuliginosus, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 98 (1890) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 65 (1890) ; La Touche, 



Ibis, 1899, p. 202. 

 Rhyacornis fuliginosa, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 152 (1903). 



The eggs of the Plumbeous Redstart are regular or broad ovals, 

 somewhat pointed at the smaller end : some exhibit a consider- 

 able amount of gloss, while others are entirely devoid of it. They 



