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very dark brown, the markings being more numerous at the larger 

 end : the other has at the larger end an incomplete and irregular 

 zone of purple-red blotches and spots, the remainder of the egg 

 being quite plain. They measure respectively *75 by *52 and "70 

 by -52. 



2. Sikhim {L. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 



Genus YUHINA, Hodgs. 



Yuhina nigrimentum, Hodgs. 



■ (Plate IV. iig. 9.) 



Yuhina nigi'imentum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds />'. M. vii. p. C33 (1883) ; 

 Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 212 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 

 ty Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. L39 (1889) ; Baker, Ibis, 1895, p. 220 ; Sharpe, 

 lla'nd-l. iv. p. 63 (1903). 



The two eggs of the Black-chinned Yuhina taken by Mr. Stuart 

 Baker are of a broad oval form, and have a slight gloss. They are 

 of a very pale green colour, finely speckled and streaked with 

 yellowish brown. These markings are very dense round the broad 

 end, and form a wide zone. Intermingled with them are a few 

 spots of underlying pale lavender. They measure respectively : •50 

 by -45 ; -58 by -47. 



2. North Cachar Hills, 30th July. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [P.J. 



Yuhina pallida, La Touche. 



(Plate IV. fig. 5.) 



Yuhina pallida, La 'Louche, Ibis, 1899. p. 417 ; SJiarpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 63 

 (1903). 



The eggs of the Talc Yuhina in the Collection vary from an 

 elongated to a blunt oval in form. The ground-colour is very pale 

 green, and this is more or less freckled, spotted and streaked with 

 light reddish brown and lavender. On four of the eggs the markings 

 are much thicker towards the broader cud, but on the remaining 

 one they are evenly distributed over the whole surface, almost 

 hiding the ground-colour. They measure from -60 to - 08 in length, 

 and from '48 to *49 in breadth. 



3. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, May C. B. Bickett, Esq. [P.]. 



(./. U. La Touche). 



1. Kuatun, Mav (J. I). La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.I. 



1. Kuatun, 14th May (./. D. La T.). C. B. Bickett, Esq. [P.]. 



