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The eggs of the Golden-backed Three-toed Woodpecker are some- 

 what pyriform and moderately glossy. They measure from '97 to 

 1*16 in length, and from "72 to '8 in breadth. 



2. Pegu, 7th May {E. W. Oates : Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohni Coll.). 



3. Meplay River, Tenasserim, 22nd Hume Coll. 



March (C T. Bingham). 

 3. Meplay River, 23rd March iC. Hume Coll. 



T. £.). 

 1. Labuan^ Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



Genus HEMICERCUS, Swains. 



Hemicercus canente (Less.). 



Hemicercus canente, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 486 (1890) ; 

 Gates ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 314 ; Blanf. Fauna 

 Brit. Ltd., Birds, iii. p/69 (1895) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 168 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 230 (1900). 



The eggs of the Heart-spotted Woodpecker are moderately glossy, 

 and measure from -85 to -9 in length, and from '66 to '69 in 

 breadth. 



1. Moulmein, Tenasserim, 16tli Dec. Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison). 



2. Meplay River, Tenasserim, 11th Hume Coll. 



March (C. T. Bimjham). 

 2. Kussoom, Malay Peninsula, 2nd Hume Coll. 

 July {J. Darling). 



Genus ALOPHONERPES, Reidienh. 



Alophonerpes pulverulentus (Temm.). 



Hemilophus pulverulentus, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 494 

 (1890); Gates ed. Hume, Nests '^^ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 315 (1890) ; 

 Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 71 (1895) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 168 (1899). 



Alophonerpes pulverulentus, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 230 (1900). 



Two eggs of the Great Slaty Woodpecker in the Collection are 

 somewhat spheroidal in shape, and moderately glossy. They 

 measure respectively : 1-4 by 1*1 ; 1-4 by 1*12. 



2. Tlioungyin River, Tenasserim, 30th Hume Coll, 

 April (C T. Bingham). 



