OREICOLA. — CEKCOMELA. 163 



Genus OREICOLA, Bonap. 



Oreicola ferrea {Hodgs.). 



(Plate VII. figs. 18 & 19.) 



Oreicola ferrea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 266 (1879) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 66 (1S90); id. ed. Hume, Nests Sf 

 Fffi/s Ind. Birds, ii. p. 50 (1890) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 201 ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 27 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 173 

 (1903). 



The eggs of the Dark-grey Bush-Chat are of two very distinct 

 types. Those taken on the Himalayas resemble the eggs of Pra- 

 iiwcoZa mnitra, being of various shades of pale bluish green, speckled, 

 more or less densely, with chestnut and pale rufous. Eggs taken 

 in China, of which there is a considerable series in the Collection, 

 are of a plain, decidedly greenish-blue colour, resembling those of 

 Tharrliale^is modularis. They measure from "GS to '77 in length, 

 and from "53 to "6 in breadth. 



2. Simla, 8th May (B. C. Beavan : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



6. Kotegarh, Himalayas, May. Hume Coll. 



1. Kotegarh, 21 st May. Hume Coll. 



2. Kotegarh, 28th May. Hume Coll. 



3. Kotegarh, 21st June. Hume Coll. 

 2. Darjiling, 17th April. Hume Coll. 



4. Rishap, Darjiling, 23rd May Hume Coll. 



{J. Gammie). 



11. Mongphoo, Darjiling {J. G.). Hume Coll. 



2. Mongphoo, 11th April (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



2. Darjiling, 19th May. Crowley Bequest. 



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

 {J. D. La Touche). 



3. Kuatmi, 4th May ( /. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 

 .'5. Kuatun, 9th May {J. D. La T). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Kuatun, 9th May (/. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus CERCOMELA, Bonap. 



Cercomela fusca {Bhjtli). 



Myrmecocichla fusca, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. 31. v. p. 360 (1881) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 41 (1899). 

 Cercomela fusca, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 80 (1890) ; id. ed. 



Hume, Nests ^- Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 54 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iv. p. 174 (1903), 



The series of eggs of the Indian Chat-Eobin in the Museum are 

 mostly of a broad oval form and of a light greenish-blue colour, 

 speckled and spotted with pale brown or rufous-brown of varying 

 degrees of intensity, chiefly at the broad end, where the markings 

 form an imperfect cap or zone. Occasionally the markings are 



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