192 Mr. J. D. D. La Touclic on the 



The full clutch of eggs is five; tlie general colour being 

 a plain pale greenish blue^ but pure white and greenish- 

 Avhite clutches are not uncommon. The most ordinary shape 

 is a broad or rounded ovate, but every other shape occurs 

 from a perfect oval to an ovate. The texture is smooth, 

 satiny, but only slightly glossy. Seventy-four eggs average 

 0-62 X 0-49 inch ; the smallest of these is 0-56 x 0-47 inch, 

 while the largest is 0*67 X 0-51 inch. I have nut included 

 in the above average one clutch the eggs of which measure 

 0-62 X 0-45, 58 x 0-45, 0-57 X 0-45, and 0-56 x 0-44 inch. 



The eggs attributed to S. bulomachus (Ibis, 1898, p. 361) 

 are slightly darker in colour than the above, and are much 

 broader. 



25. SuTHORA DAviDiANA Slater. 



"VVe obtained only a few examples of this new Suthora on 

 the last trip. They were shot on some hills near Kuatun, 

 where they were apparently located. 



The soft parts of this species, as noted by me at Kuatun, 

 are : iris brown; bill bluish white; legs dull reddish grey. 

 Three males measure in total length 3*7, 38, and 3"9 inches. 



The intensity of the chestnut on the head varies some- 

 what; most of my specimens have dark lores, and the 

 feathers over the eye are partly black. The plate in ' The 

 Ibis ' (1897) is incorrect as regards the shape of the bill and 

 the general appearance of the bird. 



26. Suthora verreauxi Sharpe. 



(J, 11th May, 1898. Iris dark brown; bill plumbeous, 

 lighter on lower mandible; legs flesh-coloured, tinted with 

 plumbeous; feet strongly tinted with the same. Length 

 4-3 inches. The stomach contained tiny white larvae, one tiny 

 beetle, and remains of reeds. 



Our collectors shot two specimens on the 9th April and 

 10th May, 1897, in the forest on the top of Mount David. 

 This spring a flock of about ten birds was met by one of our 

 hunters in the very same part of the forest on the 11th May, 

 but only one specimen was secured. I have compared this 

 skin with specimens in Pere David's private collection and 

 with the type and the other specimens in the Paris Museum. 



