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timi;liidje. 



from a true elliptical shape, and arc of a fairly deep blue colour. 

 They measure from 1 to 1 # 10 in length, and from "76 to '80 in 

 breadth. 



3. Africa. 

 1. Africa. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crateropus canorus (Linn.). 



Crateropus canorus, S/iarpe, Cat. Bird* II. M. vii. p. 478 (1883): Gates, 

 Fauna, Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 110 (1889); id. ed. Hume, Nests Sr 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 74 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 61 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 24 (1903). 



The eggs of the Indian Jungle-Babbler vary greatly in shape, 

 many being of an ordinary oval form, others spheroidal, and others, 

 a^ain, lengthened and cylindrical. The}- are excessively glossy and 

 of a deep blue colour. A few of the eggs are somewhat paler than 

 others, but the prevailing tint is a very deep blue. Eggs measure 

 from "88 to 1*15 in length, and from -75 to - 82 in breadth. 



