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p. 148 (1882) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. vii. p. 529 (1883) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 63 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 31 (1903). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Babbler are of a narrow, pointed 

 oval form, and have a considerable amount of gloss. There are 

 two types in the Collection, and the eggs of one differ considerably 

 from those of the other. Those of one type at first sight appear to 

 be of a uniform bright chestnut-colour. When closely examined, 

 however, they will be found to be very closely mottled with chestnut 

 on a somewhat lighter ground of the same. Each of the eggs is 

 marked with a few black lines. The eggs of the second type have 

 a much lighter ground-colour, varying from pinkish cream to pale 

 chestnut, and this is clouded and blotched with deep chestnut or 

 maroon-brown, sparingly in some cases and rather thickly in others. 

 They measure from "88 to -94 in length, and from "62 to '65 in 

 breadth. 



3. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C. 



4. Betsileo. Rev. W. Deans Cowan |C. 

 4. Madagascar. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus TURDINUS, Blyih. 

 Turdinus abbotti {Blyih). 



Turdinus abbotti, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 541 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 154 (1889); id. ed. Hume, Nests fy 

 Eggs hid. Birds, i. p. 103 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 63 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 32 (1903). 



The eggs of Abbott's Babbler are of a very broad, blunt oval 

 form, and are highly glossy. The ground is of a pale salmon-pink 

 colour, and this is sparingly marked with roundish spots, scrawls 

 and hieroglyphic-like marks of rich chestnut. About the larger 

 end there are also many spots of a pale purple colour. The eggs 

 measure from "73 to -85 in length, and from *6 to -66 in breadth. 



1. Pegu, 30th April (E. W. Oates). Hume Coll. 



1. Pegu, 30th April (E. W. O.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Pegu, 23rd May (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Pegu, 7th June (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Thoungyin River, Tenas.*erim, Hume Coll. 



23rd 'Feb. ( C. T. Bingham). 



Turdinus sepiarius {Horsf.). 



(Plate II. fig. 1.) 



Turdinus sepiarius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. vii. p. 544 (1833) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 63 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 32 (1903). 



An egg of Horsfield's Babbler is of a blunt oval form, and fairly 

 glossy. The ground-colour is salmon-pink, and on this there are 

 some irregular blotches of light reddish brown and also some very 



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