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Genus SUYA, Hodgs. 

 Suya crinigera, Hodgs. 



Suya striata, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1863, p. 301. 



Suya criniger, Godw.-Aust. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xl. 'pt. ii. p. 142 



' aB7i). 



Suya crinigera, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 177 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 444 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 8^ 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 282 (1889) ; Shmpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 238 (1903). 



The eggs of the Brown Hill-Warbler are typically of an elongated 

 oval shape. The majority are highly glossy ; some are nearly 

 devoid of all gloss. They are white or cream-coloured, often tinged 

 with pink, speckled and blotched with chestnut and pale grey. 

 The markings at the broad end are generally dense and confluent, 

 forming a well-defined zone at that part. Specimens measure from 

 •65 to "75 in length, and from '46 to -55 in breadth. 



6. Himalayas. 



1 . Kashmir, 19th May ( TT. E. Brooks ; 



Tristram Coll.). 



8. Kotegarh, Himalayas, 15th April. 



1. Kotegarh, 19th April. 

 3. Kotegarh, 20th June. 



2. Kotegarh, 22nd June. 



2. Dilloo, Kangra Valley, 26th May 



(A. 0. H.). 



1. Jerripani, Mussoorie (T. Hutton). 



38. Darjiling (J. Gammie). 



1. Mongphoo, Darjiling, 12th April 



(/. G.). 



2. Mongphoo, 18th April (J. G.). 



3. Mongphoo, 23rd April {J. G.). 

 1. Mongphoo, 26th April (J. G.). 



3. Gorakhpur, Oudh [E. W. Cleveland). 



4. Shillong, Assam, 23rd May. 



4. Formosa, 11th May (P. ^.^oZsO- 



4. Formosa, 5th June (P. A. H.). 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen 



[C.]. 

 Seehohm Coll. 

 Seehohm Coll. 



Suya atrigularis, Moore. 



Suya atrigularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 180 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 445 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests Sr 

 Eggs Ind. Birds,\.^. 285 (1889) ; Shmpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 239 (1903). 



The eggs of the Black-throated Hill-Warbler are of an elongated 

 oval shape and moderately glossy. They are of a pale blue colour, 

 sparingly speckled with reddish brown and lilac, except round the 

 larger end, where the markings generally form a dense and well- 

 defined zone. Specimens measure from "63 to "74 in length, and 

 from "45 to -5 in breadth. 



11. Himalaya Mts. 



W. RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 

 [P.]. 



