256 MUSCICAPIDJB. 



Genus CYORNIS, BUjth. 

 Cyornis rubeculoides ( Vig.). 



Siphia rubeculoides, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 445 (1879) ; Lec/ge, 

 Birds CeyloJi, p. 424 (1879) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersnmml. p. 30 (1899). 



Cjornis rubeculoides, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 23 (1890) ; 

 Oates cd. Hume, Nests Sf Eijcjs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 5 (1890) ; SJuaye, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 215 (1901). 



The eggs of the Blue-throated Flycatcher are of a regular oval 

 shape, but vary considerably in breadth. Many specimens are 

 glossy ; others are devoid of gloss. They are of several types of 

 coloration. Some examples are of a greenish stone- colour, often 

 plain, sometimes marked round the broader end with an indistinct 

 jiale brownish-pink zone. Other specimens are of a pinkish cream- 

 colour, densely mottled with pale rufous or pale brown. They 

 measure from '7 to '77 in length, and from '53 to '58 in breadth. 



1. Himalayas, 27th April {Nehrkurn Crowley Bequest, 



Coll.). 



1. Kashmir, 5th May {C. B. Cock). Hume Coll. 



4. Jeriipani, Mussouri (T. //?<^^o?i)' Hume Coll. 



1. Darjiling, 12th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Below Uarjiling, April. Hume Coll. 



3. Yea, Tenasserim, 31st March Hume CoU. 



( W. Davison). 



Cyornis tickelliae, Bhjth. 



Sipliia tickellia3, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 447 (1879) ; Legc/e, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 421 (1879) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eicrsainml. p. 30 (1899). 



Cyornis tickelli, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 25 (1890) ; id. 

 ed. Ilutne, N^ests ^~ Eggs hid. Birds, ii. p. 7 (1890) ; Betham, Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xii. p. 780 (1899). 



Cyornis tickellia?, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 215 (1901). 



The eggs of Mrs. Tickell's Blue Flycatcher present as many types 

 of coloration as those of the Blue-throated Flycatcher, and resemble 

 them in general appearance. Many of the specimens are of a brown 

 colour, some plain and others marked with a faint trace of some 

 darker mottling. Others are cream-coloured, densely mottled with 

 various shades of pale rufous, and others are stone-coloured, faintly 

 mottled with pale brown. Specimens measure from -GS to '78 in 

 length, and from '52 to "58 in breadth, 



3. India. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Iloshungabad, C.Provs., 24tli June Hume Coll. 



{E. C. Nunn). 



G, Mysore (/. Macpherson). Hume Coll. 



1. Mvsore, 12th May. Hume Coll. 



3. Muddur, Mysore, 22nd May. Hume Coll. 



2. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 27th Hume Coll. 



May {Miss Cockhurn). 

 2. Knta<j:hiTry, lOtli June {Miss Cock- Hume Coll. 

 Lam). 



