18 timkuid.i:. 



Pomatorhinns stenorhynchus, Godwin-Austen. 



Pomatorhinus stonnrhynchus. Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. \ii. p. 424 (1883); 

 Oates, Fauna Brit, hid., Birds, i. p. 124 (1889) ; Stuart Baker, 

 Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. xiii. p. 401 (1901) ; Sharpe, lluwl-l. 

 iv. p. 15 (1903). 



The eggs of the Narrow-billed Scimitar Babbler in the Collection 

 are of a regular oval form, white and slightly flossy. Tbey 

 measure from "92 to -94 in length, and from "67 to '12 in breadth. 



3. Hemdang, N. Cachar (6200 ft.). E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



Pomatorhinns musicus, Swinh. 



Pomatorhimis musicus, Swinhoe, Ibis, L863, p. 284; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. vii. p. 424 (1883); Nehrk. Eat. JEiersamml. p. 60 (1899); 

 Sharpe, Haud-l. iv. p. 15 (1903). 



The eggs of the Formosan Scimitar Babbler are of a somewhat 

 pointed oval form, very glossy, and of a spotless white. They 

 measure from "98 to "99 in length, and from "69 to - 74 in breadth. 



3. Formosa, 13th April (P. A. Hoist). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Formosa, 15th April ( P. A. H. ). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Formosa, 28th April (P A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Formosa (B. Swinhoe : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



Pomatorhinus ruficollis, J/odgs. 



Pomatorhinus ruficollis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 426 (1883); 

 Oates, Fauna Brit, hid., Birds, i. p. 122 (1889); id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests §' F(/(/s 2nd. Birds, i. p. 87 (1889) ; Nehrk. Fat. JEiersamml. 

 p. 60 (1899) : Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 15 (1903). 



Pomatorhinus stridulus, La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 183. 



The eggs of the Rufous-necked Scimitar Babbler are not separable 

 from those of P. musicus, but are on the whole rather smaller, 

 measuring from - 88 to *95 in length, and from "68 to "7 in breadth. 



1. Dariiling, 6th May (J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



5. Darjiling (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



1. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, 26th April C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 

 (J. I). La Touche). 



Pomatorhinus hypoleucus (Bh/tJi). 



Pomatorhinus 

 Oates 



Journ. 



iv. p. 15 (1903). 



Three eggs of the Aracan Scimitar Babbler are pure white and 

 glossy, but vary considerably in form : one is of a narrow oval, the 



hinus hypoleucus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 428 (1883) ; 

 is, Fauna Brit. Ltd., Birds, i. p. 126 (1889); Stuart Baker, 

 ■it. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc viii. p. 179 (1893); Sharpe, lland-l. 



