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Genus LALETES, Rekhenow. 



Laletes lanceolatus ( Vigors). 



Garnilus lanceolntu.«, Hvtton, .7. Asiat. Snc. Beng. xvii. pt. ii. p. 5 (1848) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 101 (1877) ; Oates, Faun. Brit, hid., 



Birds, i. p. 38 (1889) ; Oates, ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eggs Ind. Birds, i. 



p. 26 (1889). 

 Laletes lanceolatus, Shnrpe, Hand-l. v. p. 613 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 



samml. p. 361 (1910). 



Eggs of the Black -throated Jay are similar to those of Garrulus 

 qlandarius but are smaller, as in G. hispecularis. 



1. Himalaya. Purchased. 



2. Murree, Punjab, 2oth Mav (Br. Crowley Bequest. 



Parker). 



4. Kotgarh, Punjab, 4th April. Hume Doll. 



5. Kotgarh, 30th April. Hume Coll. 



2. Kotgarh, 16th May. Hume Coll. 

 5. Kotgarh, 24th Juiie. Hume Coll. 

 5. Mussoorie, N.W. Provinces (7". Hume Coll. 



Hntton). 

 a. Mussoorie (T. H.) Capt. .1. Hutton [P.]. 



3. Upper Garhwal, April. Hume Coll. 



Genus CRACTES, BiUherg. 



Cractes infaiistus (Linn.). 



Perisoreus infaustus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 76. fig. 5 (1855-63) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. iii. p. 103 (1877) [part.] ; Newton, Ootheca 

 Wolleyaiia, pt. ii. p. 478, pi. xiii. (1902) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, 

 i. p. 410 (1902) Tpart.] ; Eeg, Eier Viig. Mitteleurop. i. p. 375 (1904), 

 pi 46, fios. 7-13 (1900) ; Dresser, Eggs Birds Europe, pts. xi. & xii. 

 p. 420, pi. i. figs. 13-16 (1908). 



Perisoreus infaustus infaustus, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 34 (1903). 



Cractes infaustus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 614 (1909) ; Nehrk. Eat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 361 (1910). 



Eggs of the Siberian Jay vary in shape from a long rather 

 pointed oval to a very wide oval, and are somewhat glossy. The 

 ground is some shade of greenish-white or rarely pale greyish-green, 

 spotted and blotched all over, but especially towards the larger 

 end where the markings are often confluent and form a zone or 

 irregular cap, with umber-brown, ashy-brown and lilac-grey. 

 They vary in length from 1*1S to 1-32, and in breadth from •St5 

 to -93. 



8. Lapland (Hawkins). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2. Lapland (H. Wheehcri<iht). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Lapland {H. W.). ' Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Lapland, 19th April (H. W.). Seebohm Coll. 

 o. Lapland, 2nd May (Hatrkins). Seebohm Coll. 



