302 PTCNOMOTIDiE. 



Family PYCNONOTID^. 



Genus ^GITHINA, Vielll. 



^gitliina tipliia (Linn.). 

 (Plate X, fig. 2.) 



lora typhia, Lcr/f/e, Birds Ceylon, p. 490 (1880). 



/Egithina tipbia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 7 (1S81) ; Gates, Fainia 

 Brit, hid., Birds, i. p. 2:30 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests S,- Eqijs 

 Lid. Birds, i. p. 151 (1889) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 42 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 306 (1901). 



The eggs of the Common lora are of a broad oval form, and while 

 some exhibit a small amount of gloss, others are without a trace 

 of it. They are white, occasionally tinged with pink, and are 

 streaked with lavender, pale brown, lilac-red, or pinkish-brown. 

 The streaks are generally broad and confluent round the broad end 

 of the egg, and form a well-marked zone or, in some cases, a cap. 

 A few specimens are merely spotted with grey. They measure 

 from "63 to "70 in length, and from '51 to '57 in breadth. 



.ffigitliina viridis {Bp.). 



lora scapularis, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 339. 



^githina viridis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 11 (1881) ; id. IIan:!-l. 

 iii. p. 306(1901). 



The eggs of the Black-winged lora in the Collection are very 

 similar to those of yE. tijyJiia*, but in one of the specimens the 



* Dr. Sharpe (P. Z. S. 1879, p. 339) appears to have inadvcrteiillv described 

 the egg of some other bird as that of tbis species. 



