MYIOPaONEUS. 



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broad end, where the markings are larger and more thickly gathered 

 together. Three examples measure respectively : *8 by -57 ; -84 

 by -57 ; '79 by -58. 



3. Mindanao, Philippine Islands, April. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus MYIOPHONEUS, Temm. 



The eggs of this genus may be briefly described as of a longish 

 oval form, with little gloss, and of a pale greenish or greyish-white 

 to pinkish ground-colour, more or less freckled and spotted with 

 pinkish and yellowish brown. 



Myiophoneus temmincki, Vig. 



Myiophoneus temmincki. Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 7 (1883) ; 

 Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 178 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests Sc Eggs hid. Birds, i. p. 120 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 50 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 54 (1903). 



The eggs of the Himalayan Whistling-Thrush are chiefly of an 

 elongated oval form, and slightly glossy. They are greyish or 

 greenish white, freckled all over with minute specks of pale pink, 

 brownish pink, and lavender-grey. In the majority of specimens 

 these markings are very dense and confluent at the large end, 

 forming an ill-defined cap or zone of darker colour. A few are also 

 marked with some spots of yellowish brown. The eggs measure 

 from 1-22 to 1*52 in length, and from *9 to 1-04 in breadth. 



