DENDROCITLA, —CRYPSIRHINA, 487 
Dendrocitta sinensis (Lath.). 
Dendrocitta sinensis, Swirhoe, Ibis, 1868, p. 62, 1870, p.351; id., P. ZS. 
1871, p. 382; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 81 (1877); id., 
Hand-l. v. p. 608 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 360 (1910). 
An egg of the Chinese Tree-Pie does not differ in any way from 
eggs of D, frontalis described above. 
1. Amoy, Caina (2. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 
Dendrocitta cinerascens, Sharpe. 
(Plate XXII. fig. 7.) 
Dendrocitta cinerascens, Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 250, 1889, p. 81; zd., 
Hund-l, y. p. 608 (1909). 
An egg of the Kina Balu Tree-Pie is much like that of Pica pica. 
The ground is greenish-white, finely spotted all over with two 
shades of umber-brown and lilac-grey, the markings being, however, 
chiefly concentrated round the larger end, where they form a dense 
zone almost hiding the ground-colowr. It measures 1-2 by ‘89, 
1. Kina Balu, N. Borneo, 15th March = Crowley Bequest. 
\J. Whitehead). 
Genus CRYPSIRHINA, Vieill. 
Crypsirhina varians (Lath.). 
Crypsirhina varians, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 83 (1877); Oates, 
Str. F. v. p. 159 (1877); 2d., Birds Burmah, i. p. 404 (1883) ; 
id., Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 35 (1889); Oates, ed. Hume, 
Nests § Eggs Ind, Birds, 1. p. 25 (1889) ; Snarpe, Hand-l. v. p. 608 
(1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Lversammil. p. 360, pl. i. tig. 3 (1910). 
Eggs of the Black Racket-tailed Magpie are precisely like that of 
Dendrocitta cinerascens described above, but are much smaller. 
‘They vary in length from ‘88 to 1:09, and in breadth from °68 to 
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3. Pegu, 7th June (Z. IW. Oates). Hume Coll. 
2. Pegu, 7th June (Z. W. O.). Hume Coll. 
4. Pegu, 10th June (£. W. O.). Hume Coll. 
4. Pegu, 25th June (£. W. O.). Hume Coll. 
38. Pegu, 25th June (Z. W.0O.). Hume Coll. 
2. Pegu, 4th July (Zz. W. O.). Hlume Coll. 
2. Pegu, 6th July (Z. W. O.). Hume Coll. 
3. Pegu, 2nd June (EF. W. O.). Oates Coll. 
1. Pegu, 12th July (£. W. O.). Oates Coll. 
2. Pegu, 15th July (£. W. O.). Oates Coll. 
