O-J: HMEL1ID.E. 



The eggs of the Rufous-necked Laughing-Thrush are of a some- 

 what pointed oval form. They are highly glossy and of a very pale 

 blue or bluish-white colour. They measure from -95 to 1*1 in length, 

 and from '7 to *83 in breadth. 



28. Mongphoo, Darjiling (J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



7. Mongphoo, 30th April (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



1. Mongphoo, May (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



1. Mongphoo, .'hd May (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



6. Mongphoo, 7th Mav {J. G.). Hume Coll. 



1. Mongphoo, 8th May {J. G.). Hume Coll. 



7. Mongphoo, 9th May {J. G.). Hume Coll. 



2. Mongphoo, 15th May (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



4. Himalayas. Crowley Bequest. 



Dryonastes nuchalis {Godwin- Austen). 



Garrulax nuchalis, Godw.-Austen, Ann. $- Mar/. Nat. Hist. (41 x\iii. 

 p. 411 (1876); Hume, Str. F, v. p. 58 (1877); id. Sir. F. 1879, 

 p. 96. 



Dryonastes nuchalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 450 (1883) ; id. 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 20 (1903). 



The eggs of Ogle's Laughing-Thrush are similar to those of 

 />. rtificollis, but of a slightly deeper shade of blue. They measure 

 from 1-05 to 1*15 in length, and from - 75 to 0'85 in breadth. 



3. Marglierita, Assam, 9th June. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



1. Marglierita, Assam, 14th Mav. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq., I ,-,,-, 



and Dr. II. Collart. | L L -J- 



Dryonastes perspicillatus (Gmel.). 



Dryonastes perspicillatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 458 (1883) ; 

 * Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 218; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 21 (1903). 



The eggs of the Chinese Laughing-Thrush are of an ordinary 

 oval form, highly glossy, and of a very pale blue or bluish-white 

 colour. They measure from 1*08 to 1*19 in length, and from *81 

 to "90 in breadth. 



3. Foochow, China, April. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.] 



:;. Foochow, 9th Mav. ('. B. Rickett, Esq. IP, 



1. Foochow, 15th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. P. 



Dryonastes sannio (Swinh.). 



(Flatc I. fig. 8.) 



Garrulax sannio, David $ Oustalet, Ois. ('/tine, p. 192 ( 1877). 

 Dryonastes sannio, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B . M . vii. p. 45!> (]SK>); Gates, 



Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 76 (1889) ; Nenrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 61 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 21 (1903). 



The only egg of the White-browed Laughing-Thrush in the 



