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MUSCICAPIB.T!. 



2. Mnriiidnquo, riiilippincs 



3. Mariiidiifnic, liHh May. 

 .1. Cehu (Kork). 



1. Luzon [Schadenher(j). 



<tli May. 



Steere Expcd. 

 Steere Exped. 

 Crowley Ilequest. 

 Crowley fJequest. 



Rhipidura pectoralis (Jerd.). 



Ehipidiira pectoi-alis, Shnrpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 335 (1879) ; Oate$, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. oo (1890); id. ed. Hume, Nests ^ 

 E(i</s Ind. Birds, u. ]i. 38 (1890); NeJirk. Kat. Eicrsamml. p. 2!) 

 (1899) ; Sharjye, Hand-l. iii. p. 201 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-spotted Eantail Flycatcher vary in ground- 

 colour from white to pale creamy buiF, aud are marked at the broad 

 end with a more or less wcll-dcfiued zone. They measure from -05 to 

 '7 in length, aud from "47 to -5 in breadth. 



3. Dlnxbir, Khandesh, India, 10th Iliimo Coll. 



June. 

 2. Ilonsoor, Mysore, 25tli Juue {J. Hume Coll. 



Macjiherson). 

 1. Kotaglierry, Nilgliiri Hills, 22ud Hume Coll. 



May (Miss C'ockburn). 

 1. Kotagherry, 2Gth May {Mi.^s Cock- Hume Coll. 



ljur?i). 



Rhipidura albifrontata, Franl-l. 



Ehipidura albifrontata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. iv. p. 338 (1879) ; 

 Lc(j(je, Birds Ceyhm, p. 412 (1879); Gates, Faima Brit, hul., Birds, 

 ii. p. Cy2 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume. Nests tjj- Fgt/s Ind. Birds, ii. p. 31 

 (1890); Nekrk. Kat. Fiersamml. -p. 20 {1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. in . 

 p. 261 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-browed Eantail Elycatchcr are very uni- 

 form, the ground varying from white in some specimens to various 

 shades of cream-colour, or pale brownish yellow in others. The 

 markings are almost oitircly contined to a broad zone round the 

 larger end. Examples measure from '6 to '08 in length, aud from 

 •47 to -54 in breadth. 



1 . India. 



]. Delhi, 8th July (C. T. Biv<jhant'). 



1. N.W. Proviiicts, 27th ' March 



{W.E. Brooks). 



2. Agra, 30th July. 

 2. Baraitcli, May. 



1. 'Mm-A\)\\\' {W.E.Brooks: Tristram 



Coll.). 



2. Allahabad, 3rd July {A. O. Hume). 

 9. Allahabad, 17th Jiilv [A. O. //.). 



1. Deesa, 22ud Jidv {E. A. Butler). 



2. Jhansi, Jiilv {F. 11. Blewitt). 

 2. Jhansi, Aug. {F. Ii. B.). 



2. Saugor, C. Ih'ovs, 24th July 

 {F. R. B.). 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Hume C(dl. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



