96 



Merula albocincta, Boyle. 



Merula albicincta, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 127 (1890); 



id. cd. Hum''. Nests S- Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 92 I L890) ; Osmaston, 



Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist Soc. xi. p. 66 (1897) ; Sharpe in Seebohm's 



Man. Turdidce, ii. p. 23 (1900). 

 Merula albocincta, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 245 (1881); Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 118 (1903). 



The egg of the White-collared Ouzel in the Collection is of a 

 regular oval form and fairly glossy. It is greyish white, spotted 

 and blotched, more densely at the broad end than elsewhere, with 



brownish red and rich lilac, the markings of the latter colour being 

 rather conspicuous, it measures 1-123 by -s 7. 



1. Native Sikhim, 27th June. Hume Coll. 



Merula serrana (Tschudi). 



Tardus serranus, Scl. 8f Sato. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 491. 



Merula sen-ana, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 239 (1881) ; Sharpe in 



Seebohm's Mon. Tia'didUe, ii. p. 11 (1900); id. Hand-l. iv. p. 118 



(1903). 



The egg of the Peruvian Black Ouzel in the Collection is of a 

 creamy-white colour, blotched and streaked with pale chestnut and 

 underlying lavender, more densely about tho broad end than else- 

 where. It measures 1"17 by '81. This specimen appears to have 

 faded, for in 1879 Messrs. Sclater and Salvin described the ground- 

 colour as being pale greenish blue. 



1. Frontino, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (T. K. Salmon). 



Merula atrisericea (Lafr.). 



Merula atrosericea, Seebohm, Cat. Bird* B. M. v. p. 239 (1881); Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. .*>7 (1899) ; Sharpe in Seebohm's Mon. Turdidee, 



ii. p. 43 (1900). 

 Merula atrisericea, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 118 (1903). 



The eggs of the Venezuelan Black Ouzel are of a pointed oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. They are cream-coloured, densely 

 mottled and blotched, especially at the broad end where the 

 markings are confluent, with brighl reddish brown or chestnut. 

 Three examples measure respectively: 1*1 by -70; 1*1 by "8; 

 1 by -71. 



3. Venezuela {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



