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declared by the finder to be the eggs of this species. The 

 shape of two of these latter eggs is a short ovate, one is 

 rather oval with pointed extremities, and one is quite oval, 

 also with pointed ends. The colour is absolutely the same 

 as that of the Kuatun eggs, but the shell-surface is much 

 rougher. They measure 1*07 inch by 0*88, 1'07 inch by 

 0-86, 1-05 inch by 0-8J., and 1-02 inch by 0-84. The 

 remains of the nest consisted of oak-leaves, bamboo-leaves, 

 and bracken, with a lining of pine-needles. 



One of the Kuatun nests was placed on a tree-stump in a 

 wood, and the other in a tea-bush. 



11. Trochalopteron cinereiceps Styan. 



Trochalopleron styani Oustalet, Bull. Mus. H. N. 1898, 

 no. 6, p 253 (part). 



This is a common bird on the Kuatun Mountains. Our 

 hunters shot several during the last expedition. Three of 

 these, in my collection, all differ from one another in the 

 colour of the cap. One male, dated 3rd May, has the cap 

 nearly black with iron-grey occiput, the grey being prolonged 

 down the nape; another male, dated 17th May, has the cap 

 not quite so black, but the grey is prolonged doM'n to between 

 the shoulders; and a female, dated 11th April, has a grey 

 cap without a trace of black. 



This species nests in woods, I believe, building on the 

 dwarf bamboos that form the chief undergrowth in most of 

 the forests near Kuatun. In 1896 our collectors brought 

 back a nest and two eggs taken in May. They shot at the 

 bird as it flew off the nest, but did not secure it, a tail-feather 

 remaining to prove the ownership of the nest. One of the 

 eggs measures 0"96 inch by 0"72. The shape is ovate, the 

 colour greenish turquoise-blue, and the texture is very smooth 

 and polished. 



A nest and three eggs collected by the Kuatun hunters 

 in 1897, and said to be of this bird, were sold to me last 

 spring. The eggs measure 1*1() inch by 0*77, 1*10 inch 

 by 76, and 1*05 inch by 0"75. The shape of these is 

 sliehtlv more elongated than that of the above-mentioned 



