TROCHALOPTERUM. 



2. Rishap, Sikbim, 5000 feet, 10th Hume Coll. 



June (J. G.). 



2. Mongphoo, Darjiling (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



1. Mongphoo, 5000 feet, 25th April Hume Coll. 



(J. G.). 



2. Mongphoo, 4500 feet, 30th April Hume Coll. 



(J. G.). 



Trochalopterum ellioti, J. Verr. 



Trochalopterum ellioti, Skarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 370 (1883) ; id. 



Haad-l. iv. p. 8 (1903). 

 Trochalopteron prjevalskii, Menzbier, Ibis, 1887, p. 300. 

 Trochalopterou elliotti, Pleske in Prjev. Reisen, Aoes, ii. p. 135 (1890). 



The eggs of Prjevalski's Laughing-Thrush are pale blue with a 

 few dots and spots at the larger end of reddish purple. They are 

 of a regular oval form, and have a small amount of gloss. Both 

 specimens measure 1*0 by '82 inch. 



2. Koko-Nor (Tring Museum). Crowley Bequest. 



Trochalopterum phceniceum (Gould). 



(Plate I. fig. 1.) 



Trochalopterum phceniceum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 371 (1883) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 93 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 

 Sf Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 58 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 59 

 (1899); Sharpe, Rand-l. iv. p. 8 (1903). 



The eggs of the Crimson-winged Laughing-Thrush vary from a 

 narrow to a broad oval form, and they have a large amount of 

 gloss. The ground-colour is of a pale blue, and this is sparingly 

 marked with an infinite variety of spots, blotches, dashes, scrawls, 

 and hieroglyphic-like lines of chocolate-brown, reddish brown and 

 black. Intermingled with these are some small underlying spots 

 of pale purple. Although the markings are larger and more 

 numerous at the large end than elsewhere, there is no general 

 tendency for these to coalesce and form a cap. The eggs measure 

 from '98 to 1*15 in length, and from "7 to *82 in breadth. 



