484 coRviDJ-. 



1. North India (Dr. Pnrher). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Uharmsala, Punjab, 16th May Hume Coll. 



(C. R. Cock). 



1. Dharmsala, 20th May (C. H. C). Hume Coll. 



1. Kotgarh, Punjab, Mav. Hume Coll. 



1. Koto-arh, ard Mav. ' Hume Coll. 



4. Kot^arh, 4th MaV. Hume Coll. 



1. Kotgarh, 19th May. Hume Coll. 



Urocissa casrulea (Gould). 



Urocissa cajrulea, Shm-pe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 74 (1877); Ogilvii'- 

 Grant S^ La louche. Ibis, 1907, p. 159; Sharpe, Haiid-l. v. p. tiO(J 

 (1909). 



An egg of the Formosan Blue Magpie does not differ from those 

 of U. occipitalis. It measures 1-29 by -95. 



1. Lalaili, Formosa, 22nd Mav (P. A. Seebohm Coll. 

 Hoht^. 



Urocissa whiteheadi, Ogilvie-Grant. 



Urocissa wliiteheadi, Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. 0. C. x. p. xviii (1899); 

 id., P. Z. S. 1900, p. 462: S/mrpe. Hand-l. v. p. 606 (1909); 

 Hartei-t, Nov. Zool. .wii. p. 254, pi. vi. (1910). 



Eggs of Whitehead's Magpie are of a regular oval shape and 

 almost devoid of gloss. The ground is pale blue or pale greenish- 

 blue, sparingly spotted or marked with short irregular lines and 

 dashes of light brown, with a few underlying spots and small 

 blotches of lilac-grey. They vary in length from 1*3 to 1-4, a»d 

 in breadth from -95 to -99. 



6. Five Finger Mountains, Central J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 

 Hainan, April. 



Genus DENDROCITTA, (huhl 



Dendrocitta rufa {Scop.). 



(Plate XXIT. figs. 4-6.) 



Dendrocitta rufa, SJuirpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 76 (18V7); Oafrs, 

 Fann. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. .30 (1889); Gates, ed. Hume, Nests ^■ 

 Eqgs Ind. Birds, i. p. 19 (1«89) ; Shar2w, Hand-l. v. p. 607 (190!i) ; 

 Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 360 (1910). 



Eggs of the Indian Tree-Pie are uf a regular oval shape and very 

 slightly glossy. The ground ranges from white or creamy-wliite 

 to pale greenish- and bluish-white or pale green, and, in one 

 remarkable clutch, to dull greyish-green. The markings are also 



