162 TUEDIDiE. 



ground-colour varies from a pale greenish or bluish-white to a rather 

 darker shade of the same colour, and this is somewhat coarsely 

 speckled, streaked, and often blotched with bright chestnut and 

 lilac, the markings of the latter colour being inconspicuous and 

 underlying those af the former. The markings are sparse in some 

 specimens, dense in others, and they are generally more thickly set 

 about the larger end, where they form an irregular cap or zone, 

 sometimes a rich and handsome one. Examples vary from -61 to 

 •76 in length, and from '5 to "oS in breadth. 



2. Dharmsala. Kashmir, 20th April. Hume Coll. 

 "1. Almora, Himalayas, 1st March. Hume Coll. 



S3. Sind. Hume Coll. 



8. Sind, 21st March. Hume Coll. 



1. Sind, 27th March. Hume Coll. 



4. Sultanpur, 10th May. Hume Coll. 



3. Delhi, 27tb March. Hume Coll. 

 3. Delhi, 9th June. Hume Coll. 

 1. Etawah, 2nd March. Hume Coll. 



1. Sholapur, 21st June (J. Davidson). Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 20th INIarch {E. W. Oates). Gates Coll. 



3. Java, Sept. (/. Whitehead). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Tosari, Java, 5th Sept. {J. White- Crowley Bequest. 

 head). 



Pratincola atrata, Kelaart. 



Pratiucola caprata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 195, part. (1879). 



Pratincola hicolor, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 430 (1879). 



Pratiucola atrata, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 60 (1890) ; id. ed. 



Hume, Xexts 8r Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 46 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iv. p. 173 (1903). 



The eggs of the Southern Pied Bush-Chat resemble those of 

 r. capratci, but are larger, and perhaps a trifle brighter and richer 

 in their markings. They measure from "Go to -8 in length, and 

 from "55 to '6 in breadth. 



