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1. Pegu, 2nd May (E. W. Gates). Hume Coll. 



1. Pegu, 29th June (E. II'. <>.). Hume Coll. 



1. Pegu, 29th June (E. /CO.). Crowley Bequest. 

 3. Pegu, 28th July (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



3. Kaukarit, Tenasserim, 11th July. Hume Coll. 



2. Thoungyin River, Tenasserim, Hume Coll. 



7th April ( C. T. Bingham). 



3. Thoungyin River, 12th April Hume Coll. 



(C. T.B.). 



Pellorneum palustre, Could. 



(Plate III. fig. 12.) 



Pellorneum palustre, Sharpe, Cat. Birds /.'. M. vii. p. 522 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 143 (1889); Stuart Baker, Journ. 

 Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. p. 186 (ls'.'.'i) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 63 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 30 (1003). 



Three eggs of the Marsh Spotted Babbler in the Collection are of 

 a regular oval form, and are somewhat glossy. The ground-colour 

 is white with a few xinderlying streaks and blotches of lavender, 

 somewhat thickly overlaid with fine .reddish-brown spots and dots, 

 chiefly towards the larger end. 



3. Umrung Plateau, N. Cachar, E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



12th June. 



Pellorneum ignotum, Hume. 



(Plate II. fig. 7.) 



Prymocataphus ignotus, Sharpe, Cat. ]>ir<h />'. M. vii. p. f)56 (1883). 

 Pellorneum ignotum, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind. } Birds, i. p. 144 (1889); 



Stuart Baker, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. p. 186 (1893); 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 30 (1903). 



The eggs of the Assam Babbler are either of a blunt oval or 

 elliptical shape, and are slightly glossy. In colour they are pink, 

 freckled all over with warm brownish red : in some eggs the freckles 

 are more numerous on the larger end, forming a kind of cap. The 

 measurements of eleven specimens vary from '8 to "85 in length, 

 and from -59 to '62 in breadth. 



3. Margherita, Assam. E. ('. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C. 



3. Margherita, Assam, 20th May. E.C.Stuart Baker, Esq. [C. 



3. Margherita, Assam. E.C.Stuart Baker, Esq. [C." 



2. Assam, 13th .May. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus BERNIERIA, Bonap. 



Bernieria madagascariensis (G'mel.). 



(Plate I. fig. 17.) 



Bernieria madagascariensis, Milne-Edwards 8f Grandidier, Hist. Nat. 

 Madag., Ois. p. 349 (l s 7!'j; Cowan, JProe. B. Phys. Soc. Edin. \ ii. 



