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TTTRDIDJE. 



Cittocincla luzoniensis (Kittl.). 



(Plate VII. fig. 15.) 



Cittociucla luzoniensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 91 (1S83) ; 

 Grant 8f Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 239,pl.vi. fig. 4; Sharpe, Rarul-l. 

 iv. p. 162 (1903). 



In the Collection are two pairs of the eggs of the Philippine 

 Shaina ; they are not separable from those of the Indian species. 

 They measure respectively: *8 by '6; "81 by *6 ; *89 by '61 ; 

 •9 by 61. 



2. Engano, N.E. Luzon, 27th April. 

 2. Engano, 26th May. 



J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.J. 

 J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.J. 



Genus COSSYPHA, Vig. 

 Cossypha caffra {Linn.). 



Cussyph acaffra, Sharpe, ed. Bayard's Birds S. Africa, p. 224 (1875-84) ; 

 id. Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 39 (1883) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 51 (1899) ; Stark Sf Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 213 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 163 (1903). 



The eggs of the Cape Chat-Thrush, or Cape " Robin," are of a 

 long oval shape and moderately glossy. The}' are buff or cream- 

 coloured, mottled and clouded with dull pale rufous, chiefly at the 

 broad end, where a large cap is often formed by the markings. 

 They measure from '9 to 1-0 in length, and from '62 to '7 in breadth. 



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



5. South Africa (E. L. Layard). Crowley Bequest. 



.*;. Transvaal (T.Ayres: Tristram Coll.). Crowlev Bequest. 



2. Be Wet's Farm, 2nd Oct. Capt. Gc. E. H. Barrett- 

 Hamilton [P.]. 



2. Cape Colony ( T. Atmore : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



Genus PSEUDOCOSSYPHUS, Sharpe. 

 Pseudocossyplms sharpei (Gray). 



Cossypha sharpei, Milne-Edwards S; Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., 

 'o/x. i. p. 3159 (1879) ; Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 148 

 (1882). 



Pseudocossyplms sharpii, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 22 (1883). 



Pseudocossyplms sharpei, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 166 (1903). 



As with the eggs of Moussier's lledstart, already described (p. 142), 



