60 Tl. Ml. I.I I U.K. 



Genua IXULUS. Hodgs. 



Ixulus flavicollis, llo>l<js. 



(Plate II. fig. L8.) 



L\ulus flavicollis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 612 (1883); H 



.V//7/?/ Feath. xi. p. 2ol (1888); O^// s, Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. 

 p. 218 (1889); /</. erf. Sume, A T es£s # Ei///s /W. 2?»-<fc, i. p. 14") 

 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 64 (1899) : Sharpe, H.atui-1. iv. 

 p. 63 ( 1903). 



The eggs of tin' Yellow- naped Ixulus are of a regular oval form 

 wit h but little gloss. Tin- ground is ereamy-white, sometimes 

 pure white. The markings consist of specks, spots, and small 

 blotches of two or more shades of reddish brown, and are rather 

 thickly set over the shell, but they arc must, dense at the larger 

 end, where they form a zone or cap, distinct and well-defined in 

 some eggs, irregular and blotchy in others. Some underlying 

 pale purple markings are also scattered over the egg. Specimens 

 measure from '7o to '8 in length, and from "54 to "5b in breadth. 



2. Sikhim. Crowley Bequest. 



7. Mongphoo, Darjiling {J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



2. Machi, Manipur, 6th .May i.i. 0. Hume Coll. 

 Hume). 



Genus LIOTHRIX, Swains. 



Liothrix calipygus. Hodgs. 



(Plate IV. fig. 13.) 



Liothrix lutea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 644 i 1883) part.] ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 22 ( 1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 8f Fyys 

 2nd. Birds,\.^. 147 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 65 (1899). 



Liothrix calipygus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 64 i L903). 



The eggs of the Red-billed Liothrix arc of a regular oval, though 

 some spec mens are found with a broader or more elongated form: 

 they have a considerable amount of gloss. The ground-colour varies 

 from very pale greenish white to a pale green or greenish blue, and 

 this is spotted, blotched and clouded with yellowish brown, rufous, 

 purple-brown, and lavender. The markings are nowhere thickly 

 disposed except at the large end, where they form a cap or zone. 

 The eggs measure from •?<! to "95 in length, and from "59 to - 6<> in 

 bread! h. 



