ARGYA. 11 



Argya subrufa (Jerd.). 



(Plate I. fig. 2.) 



Argya subrufa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 390 (1883) ; Gates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 109 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests # 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 74 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 59 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 11 (1903). 



Three eggs of the Large Rufous Babbler measure respectively : 

 •96 by -74 ; -96 by -74 ; -95 by -74. 



3. Manantoddy, Wynaad, S. India, Hume Coll. 

 23rd April. 



Argya earlei (Blyth). 



Argya earlii, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 392 (1883) ; Oates, Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 105 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. 

 Birds, i. p. 68 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 59 (1899) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 11 (1903). 



Tbe eggs of the Striated Babbler vary from -78 to *95 in length, 

 and from -61 to '71 in breadth. 



1. India. Crowley Bequest. 



7. Eastern Narra, Sind (S. Doig). Hume Coll. 



1. Eastern Narra, 8th May (S. D.). Hume Coll. 



1. Eastern Narra, 26th May (S. D.). Hume Coll. 



1. Saharunpur, 15th April (C. H. T. Hume Coll. 



Marshall). 



3. Delhi, 28th March ( C. T. Bingham). Hume Coll. 



3. Delhi, 28th March (C. T. Bingham). Hume Coll. 



3. Pegu District, 24th July. Hume Coll. 



Argya caudata {Drop.). 



Argya caudata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. v'u. p. 393 (1883); Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 106 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eggs 

 Ind. Birds, i. p. 70 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 59 (1899; ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 11 (1903). 



Argya eclipes, Hume ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 394. 



Argya huttoni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 394. 



The eggs of the Common Indian Babbler vary from *72 to -92 in 

 length, and from -6 to -7 in breadth. 



13. Fao, Persian Gulf, June. W. D. Cumming, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Jask, Gulf of Oman, 28th March. S. Butcher, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Jask, 1st April. S. Butcher, Esq. [P.]. 

 1. India. Crowley Bequest. 



1. India, 7th July. Hume Coll. 



5. India. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 7. Sind {J. H. Gould). Gould Coll. 



1. Sind (J. H. G.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Sind (J. H. G. : Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 4. Hansi, 30th March ( W. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



