306 PTC]SrONOTID.T5, 



Hypsipetes amaiirotis (Temm.). 



Ilypsipetes amaiirotis, Blak. ^- Pryer, Ihis, 1878, p. 240; Sharpc, Cat. 

 liirds B. M. vi. p. 42 (1881); Secbo/.m, Birds Japcm. Emp. \t. {SA 

 (1890) ; Nchrh. Kaf. Eiersamml p. 42 (1899) ; Shar2)e, lland-l. iii. 

 p. 310 (1901). 



The eggs of the Red-eared Bulbul are of a broad oval form and 

 devoid of gloss. They are pale pinkish white, spotted, strealved, and 

 blotched, very evenly all over the shell, with lavender and deep 

 pur])lish red. Four examples measure respectively : l*lo by "S ; 

 l-K) by -SI ; I'UO by '79 ; 1-1 by -8. 



3. Japan (//. Pryer). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Fuii, Jai)an, W. Radclilfe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Hypsipetes pryeri, Stijn. 



Hypsipetes squamiceps pryeri, Secbuhm, Birds Japan. Emjy. p. 66 (1890). 

 Hypsipetes pryeri, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 310 (1901). 



Four eggs of the Liu-Kiu Bulbul are of a regular oval form, 

 slightly glossy. In coloration they are pale pink, spotted all over 

 with dark reddish brown and lavender. They measure from I'UT 

 to 1-08 in length, and from -76 to "SO in breadth. 



4. Ishigaki Sbima, Liu-Kiu Is., W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



27th June. [P.]. 



Genus IXOCINCLA, Bhjtli. 



Ixocincla madagascariensis (P. L. S. Mull.). 



Hypsipetes ourovang, E. Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 347, pi. xiii. fig. 5; 



t'uivan, Proc. li. Phys. Sue. Edinb. vii. p. 148 (1882). 

 Hypsipetes madagascariensis, A. Neivtoii, in Roivley^s Orn. Misc. ii. 



pp. 48, 49 (1877) ; Milne-Edwai-ds 8f Grandidier, Hist. Nut. Maday., 



Ois. i. p. 372, pi. 303. tig. 9 (1879). 

 I.xociucla madagascariensis, S/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 45 (1881) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 42 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. \i\. \i. '6[\ 



(1901). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Bulbul vary from a narrow to a broad 

 oval form, and they possess but little gloss. They range from 

 pinkish white to salmon-pink in ground-colour, and they are thickly 

 spotted, streaked and blotched with deep reddish brown, maroon, 

 chocolate-brown and lavender. Some examples are merely spotted ; 

 others are marked with large conduent blotches. Examples measure 

 from I to 1*1 in length, and from '1 to "77 in breadth. 



15. Betsileo, Madagascar. Kev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



0. Madagascar (7V7s/;-am CoW.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Madagascar, 27th Nov. ( Jr. J^WMS . Crowley Bequest. 



Cuwan). 

 1. Madagascar, 4th Dec. ( W. D. C). Crowley Bequest. 



