262 VANGID2E. 



Family VANGIME. 



Genus ABBOTTORNIS, Richmond. 



Abbottornis chabert (P. L. S. Mull.). 

 (Plate XT. fig. 17.) 



Leptopterus viridis, Boch fy E. Newton, Ibis, 1862, p. 273 ; E. Newton, 

 Ibis, 1863, p. 'MX. 



Leptopterus chabert, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 282 (1877) ; 

 Milne-Edwards $• Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madaq., Ois. ii. p. 414, 

 pi. 304. fig. 3 (1885); Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 21 (1899). 



Abbottornis chabert, Sharpe, JIand-l. iv. p. 263. 



The eggs of the Madagascar Wood-Shrike are of a broad oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. They are pale green, thickly spotted 

 and blotched all over with chestnut-brown and lilac. The markings 

 are denser at the broad end than elsewhere. Six examples measure 

 respectively: -8 by '62; '81 by -63; -76 by "58; '77 by -57; 86 

 by -63; -76 by -62. 



4. Betsileo, .Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



2. Madagascar (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus VANGA, Vieill. 



Vanga curvirostris (Gmel.). 



(Plate XL fig. 18.) 



Vanga curvirostris, Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 348; Cowan. Proe. B. Phys. 

 Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 148 (1882) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds />'. M. viii. p. 104 

 (1883); Milne-Edwards 8f Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Vis, ii. 

 p. 123, pi. 304. fig. 5; Sharpe, lland-l.iv. p. 263 (1903). 



The eggs of the Hook-billed Shrike are of an oval shape and 

 slightly glossy. They are of a pinkish cream-colour, much spotted 

 with chestnut or reddish brown and underlying lilac-grey. The 

 markings are coarser, more numerous, and often confluent at the 

 broad end. Examples measure from 1-02 to 1*2 in length, and 

 from -79 to *83 in breadth. 



1. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



1. Madagascar (F. Plant). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Madagascar (2?. Newton: Tristram CroAvlry Bequest. 



Coll.). 



2. Mahando, S.E. Madagascar (W. Crowley Bequest. 



Deans Cowan: Tristram Coll.), 



