STACHYRHIDOPSIS. — MIXORNIS. 49 



Stachyrhidopsis pyrrhops ( Blyth ). 



Stachvridopsis pvrrhops, Sharp?, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 600 (1883) ; 



id. Hand-l. iv. p. 50 (1903). 

 Stachyrhidopsis pyrrhops, Oates, Fauna Brit. Intl., Birds:, i. p. 165 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests 8f Et/gs Ind. Birds, i. p. 114 (3889). 



The single egg of the Red-billed Tit-Babbler in the Collection 

 closely resembles some of the eggs of S. rujiceps, but the markings 

 are somewhat larger and of clearer and more delicate tints, it 

 measures - 62 by '52. 



1. Murri, N.W. Himalayas, Hume Coll. 



27th June (C. II.T. Marshall). 



Genus MIXORNIS, Hodgs. 



The eggs of the four species of this genus represented in the 

 Collection are of quite the same type, and do not require to be 

 described separately. They are of an oval form, and the majority 

 possess a considerable amount of gloss. The ground is white, 

 and this is speckled and spotted, but not thickly, with shades of 

 rather bright reddish brown and some pale underlying purple. 

 The markings are more thickly clustered at the larger end of the 

 egg and frequently form, at that part, a zone or cap of irregular 

 shape. 



Mixornis gularis {llaffl.). 



Mixornis gularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 576 (1883) ; Oafes, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 168 (1889); id. ed. Hume, JS'e<ts 

 Sf Fqqs Ind. Birds, i. p. 116 (1889); Sharpe. Hand-l. iv. p. 52 

 (1903). 



The eggs of the Sumatrau Yellow-breasted Tit-Babbler measure 

 from '68 to "70 in length, and from -52 to "53 in breadth. 



3. Klanjr, Malay Peninsula, 1st June Hume Coll. 

 ( W. Davison). 



1. Salanga, Malay Peninsula. Crowlev Request. 



Mixornis wooii, Sharpe. 



(Plate II. fig. 9.) 



Mixornis woodi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 577 (1883) ; Whitehead, 

 Ibis, 1890, p. 50; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 53 (1903). 



The eggs of the Palawan Yellow-breasted Tit-Babbler measure 

 respectively '71 by '52 and "72 by -52. 



2. Inland of Palawan, Philippines, Crowlev Bequest. 



29th June (J. Whitehead). 



