CRATKKOl'US. CALAAJ AXTH US. 



Mfiunbhoom, April (B. C. Beavan). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Calcutta, 13th May. Crowley Bequest. 



Bengal [Theobald: Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Coonoor, Nilghiri Hills. Hume Coll. 



Coonoor, 8th April. Hume Coll. 



Coonoor, 14th Oct. Hume Coll. 



Nilghiri Hills, May. Hume Coll. 



Mysore. Hume Coll. 



Crateropus griseus (Gmel.). 



Crateropus griseus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 480 (1883) ; Gates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 112 (1889); id. ed. Hume, Nests <y 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 78 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 61 

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



The eggs of the White-headed Babbler, judging from the specimens 

 in the Collection, are inseparable from those of C. canorus. They 

 measure from *89 to 1*03 in length, and from *63 to "78 in breadth. 



4. Mysore (J. Macpherson) . Hume Coll. 



3. Madras, May ( W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



3. S. India (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Crateropus striatus (Sivains.). 



Malacocercus bengalensis, Bayard, A. M. N, H. 2nd ser. xii. p. 271 



(1853). 

 Malacocercus striatus, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 494 (1879). 

 Crateropus striatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 481 (1S83) ; Oates, 



Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 112 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nestsfy Erp/s 



Ind. Birds, i. p. 79 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 61 (1899); 



Sharpe, Hand-l, iv. p. 24 (1903). 



The eggs of the Southern Indian Babbler in the Collection vary 

 in form from a broad to a regular oval : they are highly glossy, and 

 exactly resemble in coloration the deeper- coloured eggs of C. canorus. 

 They measure from -92 to 1*00 in length, and from "70 to '74 in 

 breadth. 



2. Nilghiri Hills ( Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Ceylon (E. B. Bayard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Ceylon, 15th July (A. B. Butler). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CALAMANTHUS, Gould. 



Calamanthus fuliginosus ( Vig. ^- Horsf.). 



Calamauthus fuliginosus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 388 

 (1865) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 501 (1883) ; North, Nests 

 $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 147 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersavunl. p. 62 

 (189y) ; Campbell, Nests ty Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 278, pi. 11 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 25 (1903). 



The eggs of the Australian Striated Babbler are of a pointed oval 

 shape and very glossy. They are of a pinkish-buff colour, blotched 



