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4. Kotegarh, Himalayas, 30th April. Hume Coll. 



4. Kotegarh, 29th June. Hume Coll. 



1. N.W. Himalayas, May ( W. E. Crowley Bequest. 



Brooks: Tristram Coll.). 



1. N.W. Himalayas. Crowley Bequest. 



Petrophila rupestris ( Vie'dl.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 2.) 



Monticola rupestris, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 219 (1875- 

 84) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 322 (i881) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 40 (1899) ; Stark fy Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, 

 ii. p. 181 (1901). 



Petrophila rupestris, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 144 (1903). 



There are three eggs of the Cape Rock-Thrush in the Collection. 

 One example is of a bluish-white colour, very sparingly speckled 

 with dark brown ; another is of a pale blue colour, mottled with 

 pale rufous at the broad end ; and another resembles in coloration 

 the eggs of P. cinclorhyncha. These three specimens measure 

 respectively : 1-07 by -8 ; 1-04 by '71 ; 1*05 by -78. 



1. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



2. South Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Petrophila erythrogaster ( Vig.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 3.) 



Monticola erythrogaster, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 325 (1881) ; 



La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 179. 

 Petrophila erythrogastra, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 143 (1890) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 102 (1890). 

 Petrophila erythrogaster, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 145 (1903). 



An egg of the Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush in the Collection is 

 of a very regular oval shape and moderately glossj-. It is of a pale 

 creamy-buff colour, freckled all over with very faint brownish pink. 

 It measures 1*05 by *79. It appears, from what Mr. La Touche 

 writes (I. c), that this egg was addled, and it may therefore be 

 somewhat discoloured and not of a typical character. 



1. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, 3500 feet, C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 

 21st May (J. B. La Touche). 



Genus ACCENTOR, Bechst. 

 Accentor himalayanus (Bhjth). 



Accentor himalayanus, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 168 (1890) , 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 145 (1903). 

 Accentor altaicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 600 (1883) ; Tacz. 



Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, i. p. 223 (1891); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 65 (1899). 



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