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I I M ELIIDJS. 



5. Kuatun, 7th May {J. D. La 7Y). C. B. Ricfcett, Esq. P. . 



2. Kuatun, L2th May {J. D. La '/'.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. P. . 



4. Kuatun, 15th May (J. 1). La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. P. . 



7. Kuatun, June (,LJ). La 7'.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 



2. Kuatun, May (J. I). La T,). Crowley Bequest. 



Staphidia everetti, Sharpe. 



Staphidia everetti, Sharpe, Ibis, 1887, p. -147, 1893, p. 563; Banff, 

 List Birds Borneo, p. 107 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 04 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 01 (1903). 



One of the two eggs of Staphidia everetti in tho Collection is of 

 an elliptical, the other of a blunt oval form. On a ground-colour 



of creamy white they are marked with dots and blotches of various 

 shades of reddish brown, which increase in size and are richer in 

 colour towards the larger end, where they form a more or less 

 distinct zone. They measure respectively - 7- by - 54 and '7- 

 by "55. 



2. Matang, N.YY. Borneo, Feb. A. II. Everett, Esq. [P.]. 



Staphidia castaneiceps (Moore), 

 (Plate III. fig. 5.) 



[xulus castaneiceps. Moore, P.Z.S. 1854, p. 141; Horsf. 8f Moore, B. 



B. I. Co. Mm. i. p. 41] (1854). 

 Staphidia castaneiceps, God w.- Austen, J. ./. & Beng. xlvii. pt. ii. p. 20 



( 1878); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 616 ( 1883) ; id. Hand-l. iv. 



p. 6] (1903). 



Three eggs of the Chestnut-headed Staphidia are broad ovals, and 

 very similar in colour to those of S. everetti. They measure "7 to 

 •71 in length, and "55 in breadth. 



V<. Laisung, N. Cachar, 7th May. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. I '. 



Genus SIVA. Uodys. 



Siva cyanuroptera, Hodgs. 



(Plate IV. fig. L2.) 



Siva cyamuroptera, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. .1/. vii. p. 640 (1883); Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 209 (1889); id. ed. Hume, Nests .y 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. L38 (1889); Nehrk. Bat. Eiersamml. p. 65 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 02 (1903). 



The two eggs of the B]ue-winged Siva in the Collection are of a 

 somewhal elongated oval term, of a blue ground-colour, and fairly 

 glossy. ' 'nc of them is very sparingly speckled with pale red and 



