CALLIOPE. LAEVtVOEA. 149 



Genus CALLIOPE, Gould. 



Calliope calliope (Pall.). 



Calliope camtschatkensis, Tacz. J. f. O. 1872, p. 433 ; 1873, taf. 1. fig. 13 ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 341 (1875). 

 Eritbacus calliope, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 305 (1881 ) ; Tacz. 



Faune Om. Siber. Orient, p. 335 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 39 (1899). 

 Calliope calliope, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 155 (1903). 



A pair of eggs of the Siberian Ruby-throated Robin in the Collec- 

 tion are of a regular oval shape and rather glossy. They are of a 

 plain dull blue colour, though, according to Taczanowski, the eggs 

 of this species are usually faintly marlsed at the broad end with 

 rufous. In size they measure respectively : -82 by '61 : and -9 

 by -63. 



2. Lake Baikal, Siberia {Dybowski). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus lANTHIA, Bhjth. 

 lantliia rufilata {Hodgs.). 



Tarsiger rufilatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 256 (1879) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 27 (1899). 

 lanthia rufilata, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 106 (1890) ; id. ed. 



Hume, Nests ^- Eijgs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 68 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iv. p. 156 (1903). 



Three eggs of the Red-flanked Wood-Robin are rather peculiar in 

 shape ; they are broad ovals, much pointed at tho small end, and 

 with a perceptible compression, almost amounting to a point, at the 

 larger end. They vary in the amount of gloss on their surface, but 

 are all of an extremely pale greenish-white, with a faint zone at the 

 broad end composed of tiny specks of pale red-brown. The respec- 

 tive measurements are : -70 by "55 ; '70 by '56 ; and "70 by -57. 



1. Kashmir, 2nd June ( W. E. Brooks). Hume CoU. 



2. Kashmir, 2ud June (IF. E. B.: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Genus LARVIVORA, Hodgs. 



Larvivora cyanea (Pall.). 



Larvivora cyane, Tacz. J. f. O. 1872, p. 363 ; 1873, taf. 1. fig. 12 ; id. 



Faune 'Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 338 (1891 ). 

 Eritbacus cyaueus, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 303 (1881) ; id. 



Birds Japan, Emp. p. 53 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 39 



(1899). 

 Larvivora cyanea, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 157 (1903). 



Two eggs of the Siberian Blue Robin in the Collection resemble 



