488 coKviP-ii:. 



1. Pegu, 2.5th July (E. If'. O. ; Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohn Coll.). 

 1. Myitkvo, Pey:u, L'ud June (E. W. Crowley lietjuest. 

 " 0.1. 



Genus CISSA, Bole. 



Cissa chinensis (Bodd.). 



Cissa speciosa, Biix/ham, Sir. F. v. p. 85 (1877). 



Cissa cliinensis, Shmye, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 85 (1877) ; Oates, Birds 



Biirmah, i. p. 406 (1883) ; id., Faun. Brit. Lid., Birds, i. p. 28 



(1889) ; Oates, ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eyf/s Ind. Birds, i. p. 17 (1889) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 608 (1909) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 361 



(1910). 

 Eggs of the Green Magpie are of abroad oval shape and distinctly- 

 glossy. The ground is white or yellowish-white, uniformly freckled 

 all over the shell with yellowish- or reddish-brown and lavender. 

 In some specimens the markings are so small and numerous all over 

 the shell that they almost entirely hide the ground-colour, but in 

 the majority they are densest at the broader end, where they form a 

 cap or zone. They measure from Til to 1-24 in length, and from 

 •9 to -91 in breadth. 



3. Sikhim, 2l9t April (i. Mmidelli). Hume Coll. 

 1. Sikhim, 2Sth April [L. M.). Hume Coll. 



3. Thouuiryeen li., Tenasserim, 8th Hume Coll. 



April (C. T. BiiKjham). 

 3 Thoungyeen IL, 10th April (C. Hume Coll. 



T. B.). 

 3 Sinzaway,Teuasserim, 18th April Hume Coll. 



(C. T. B.). 



Genus CALOCITTA, Gran. 



Calocitta colliei (Fi^ors). 

 (Plate XXII. fig. 10.) 



Calocitta colliel, Ltnvr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 284 (1874) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 89 (1877) : Sale, i^- Godm. Biol. Centr.- 

 Amer., Aves, i. p. 507 (1887) ; Jotiy, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mas. xvi. p. 782 

 (1893); Bide/w. Birds North ^- Middle Amer. iii. p. 294 (1904); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 610 ^1909) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 361 

 (1910). 



Three eggs of Collie's Magpie-Jay are of a regular oval shape, 

 somewhat compressed towards the smaller end, and distinctly 

 glossy. The ground is dull greyish-white, sparingly spotted all 

 over with dark vaudyke-brown and more thickly with lighter and 



