190 SYLVITD/'B. 



1. Etawah, 1st Aug. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah ( W. E. Brooks : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



3. Raipur, C. Prov. Hume Coll. 

 10. Raipur, July. Hume Coll. 



2. Seoni, C. Prov., 28tli Aug. Hume Coll. 



3. Seoul, 29th Aug. Hume Coll. 



4. Saugor, C. Prov. Hume Coll. 

 3. Saugor, 31st July. Hume Coll. 



3. Calcutta, June. Col. H. H. Godwin- Austen 



[C.]. 



1. Pegu, 7th June {E. W. Oates). Gates CoU. 



2. Pegu, 22nd June {E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



2. Foochow, China. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Foochow, 25th June. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.l. 



3. Foochow, 2nd July. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 

 2. Foochow, loth May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 

 2. Foochow, 24th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.j. 

 1. Foochow, June. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.l. 



4. Foochow, 30th June. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 

 4. Amoy, China {R. Swinhoe : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



Sutoria maculicollis {Moore). 



(Plate IX. fig. 10.) 



Orthotomus maculicollis, Hume, Stray Feath. viii. p. 64 (1879). 

 Sutoria maculicollis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 218 (1883) ; id. 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 191 (1903). 



The eggs of the Malayan Tailor-bird in the Collection are in- 

 separable from many of those of the Indian Tailor-bird. They arc 

 pale blue, spotted and blotched, principally at the larger end, with 

 reddish brown and pinkish brown. They measure respectively : -65 

 by -45 ; -63 by -45. 



2. Kossoom, Malay Peninsula, 23rd Hume Coll. 



July {W. Davison). 



Genus ORTHOTOMUS, Eorsf. 



Orthotomus atrigularis (Temm.). 



(Plate IX. fig. 11.) 



Orthotomus atrigularis, <S'-%a>7>e, /6es, 1877, pp. 16, 113; id. Ibis, 1879, 

 p. 259 ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 235 (1889) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 192 (1903). 



The four eggs of the Black-throated Tailor-bird in the Collection 

 are rather wide-pointed ovals, with the ground-colour white and 

 somewhat glossy ; the entire surface of the shell is sparingly blotched 

 and spotted with light red and lavender-grey, the markings being 

 most numerous at the larger end, where they sometimes form an 

 irregular zone. They measure from '55 to "58 in length, and from 

 •42 to "44 in breadth. 



4. Margherita, .\ssam, 29th April. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [P.]. 



