HETEROXENICUS. — LAMPROLIA. — SIRIA. 55 



Heteroxenicus carolinse {La Touche). 

 (Plate III. fig. 7.) 



Bracbvptervx Carolina?, La Touche, Bull. B. 0. C. viii. p. ix (1898) ; id. 



Ills, 1899, pp. 123, 198. 

 Heteroxenicus Carolina?, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 57 (1903). 



Four eggs of Caroline's Short-wing are of an elongated oval form, 

 and not at all glossy. In colour they are inseparable from those of 

 II. nipalensis, though the rufous mottling on the olive-green ground 

 is, with one exception, not so apparent. They measure respectively : 

 •82 by -60 ; -81 by -59 ; -81 by -58 ; and -SO by -58. 



3. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, 25th May C. B. Riekett, Esq. [P.]. 



(J. 1). La Touche). 

 1. Kuatun, 25th May {J. I). La Touche). C. B. Puckett, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus LAMPROLIA, Finsch. 



Lamprolia victorise, Finsch. 



(Plate III. fig. 13.) 



Lamprolia victoria?, Layard, Ibis, 1870, p. 149; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. vii. p. 31 (1883) ; id. Hand-l. iv. p. 57 (1903). 



A single egg of the Fiji Short-wing in the Collection is of a long 

 oval shape, entirely devoid of gloss, and of a pinkish-white colour, 

 handsomely spotted and mottled, evenly all over, with lilac-red and 

 blurred spots of pale purple. It measures '99 by "Go. 



1. Fiji Islands. W. A. Baihvard, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus SIBIA, Hocl/s. 



Sibia picaoides, liodgs. 



(Plate I. fig. 4.) 



Sibia picoides, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 401 (1883). 



Sibia picaoides, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 195 (1889) ; id. ed. 



Jlume, Nests $ Byys Ind. Birds, i. p. 132 (1889); Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iv. p. 58 (1903;. 



The eggs of the Long-tailed Sibia bear a strong resemblance to 

 those of some of the Shrikes. They are of a broad oval form 

 and have very little gloss. The ground is of a pale greyish white, 

 and this is spotted and speckled with pale yellowish brown and dull 

 purple. The markings are more numerous at the larger end of the 

 egg, where they form a broad, irregular zone. Three eggs measure 

 respectively: - 9 by '71 ; "9 by '7 ; "9 by *72. 



4. Barjiling, 17th June (J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



