296 CAMPOPHAGIDJ!. 



Genus VOLVOCIVORA, IlodyB, 



Volvocivora lugubris (Simdev.). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 16.) 



Campopliaga lugubris, Shnrpe^ Cat. £inls B. M. iv. p. 65 (1879) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 23 (1899). 

 Campophaga raelanoschista, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 491 



(1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests S,- Eyijs hid. Birds, i. p. 345 (1889). 

 Volvocivora lugubris, Shariw, Hcoid-l. iii.p. 298 (1901). 



The eggs of the Dark-grey Cuckoo-Shrike are of a regular oval 

 shape afld moderately glossy. They are of a white or greenish- 

 white colour, very thickly streaked and blotched with dark brown 

 and lavender-grey. They measure from "9 to 1*02 in length, and 

 from "65 to '71 in breadth. 



2. Jerripani, Mussoori (T. 7/«(!<(w). Hume Coll. 



4. Mongplioo, Darjiling (/. G(tmnne). Hume Coll. 



2. Mongphoo, 17th June (/. G.). Hume Coll. 



Volvocivora melanoptera (Rilpp.). 



Campophaga melanoptera, Siiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 67 (1879) ; 



Oates, Famia Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 492 (1889). 

 Volvocivora melanoptera, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 299 (1901). 



The eggs of the Pale-grey Cuckoo-Shrike appear to be inseparable 

 from those of V. higidn-is. Three examples measure respectively : 

 •97 by -69 ; -95 by -69 ; '98 by -7. 



3, Foochow, China, 11th .lune. C. B. Pvickett, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus PEEICROCOTUS, Boie. 



Pericrocotus speciosus {Lath.). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 14.) 



Pericrocotus speciosus, S/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. iv. p. 71 (1879) ; 

 Oates, Fatma Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 479 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 

 (^- Eg(/s Lid. Birds, i. p. 335 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 299 

 (1901). 



The eggs of the Indian Scarlet Minivet are of an extremely 

 broad oval form and almost devoid of all gloss. They are greyish 

 white, speckled and spotted with pale brown aud lavender, chiefly 

 at the broad end, where the markings are larger and more or less 

 confluent. Pour examples measure respectively: '88 by -71 ; '94 

 by -iSQ; -86 by -68 j -85 by -67. 



3. Jerripani, Mussoori (T. Ilutton). Hume Coll. 



1. Debra Dhoon, N.W. Pio\inces, Hume Coll. 

 {T. H). 



