272 MtrsciCAPiD^. 



Genus BATIS, Boie. 



Batis capensis (Linn.). 



(Plate YIII. fig. 13.) 



Batis capensis, Sharpe, ed. LayarcVs Birds S. Africa, p. 340 (1875-84) ; 



id. Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 133 (1879) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1879, p. 402; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 24 (1899) ; Shdrrie, Uand-l. iii. p. 244 



(1901). 

 Pachyprora capensis, Stark &• Sdater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 254 



(1901). 



An egg of the Cape ri3-catcher in the Collection is of a very broad 

 oval form and very glossy. It is of a very pule pinkish-white colour, 

 rather heavily spotted and blotched round the middle portion of the 

 egg with chestnut and grey. The two ends of the shell are merely 

 lightly speckled. This example measures -69 by -55. 



1. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [C] 



Genus HYPOTHYMIS, Boie. 

 Hypothymis azurea (Bodd.). 



Ilypothyinis azurea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 274 (1S79) ; Barnes, 

 Jour?!. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Sac. iv. p. 90, pi.—, tig. 290 (1889); Gates 

 ed. Hiimc, Nests c^ J^ff(/s Itid. Birds, ii. p. 27 (1890): id. Fauna 

 Brit, hid., Birds, ii. p. 49 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 27 

 (1899) ; Shmpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 248 (1901). 



The eggs of the Indian Black-naped Flycatcher are usually of a 

 regular oval form, but some are somewhat sharply pointed at the 

 smaller end. They exhibit a considerable amount of gloss, and vary 

 in ground-colour from creamy-white to pale salmon-pink. The 

 markings consist of specks and small spots of chestnut and lavender 

 or lilac, and these are generally densely set round the larger end, 

 where they coalesce and form a broad zone. The smaller half of 

 the egg is comparatively free from markings. Specimens vary from 

 •68 to 'TO in length, and from '5 to -55 in breadth. 



1. Kolaba, Bombay. Crowley Bequest. 

 8. Raipur, C. Provinces, ludia, IStli Hume Coll. 



June (F. R. Blewitt). 



2. Raipur, 20th June (F. B. B.). Hume Coll. 

 5. Raipur {F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Kotagberry, Nilghiri Hills, lOth Hume Coll. 



June (Miss Cockburn). 



2. Pegu, 28th May {E. W. Gates). Hume Coll. 



3. Pegu, 28tb May {E. W. G.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Pegu, 28th Mav {E. W. G.). Gates Coll. 

 1. Pegu, 25th July {E. W. G.). Hume Coll. 

 3. Tavoy, Tenasserim, 4th April Hume Coll. 



{J. I)arlinff). 

 5. Tavoy, 21.st April (/. Z>.). Hume Coll. 



