310 PyCNONOTlB.E. 



Genus TRACHYCOMUS, Cah. 



Trachycoiniis ocliroceplialus (6'ot.). 



Trachyconius ocliroceplialus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. \i. p. 93 (1881) ; 

 (kites, Fauna Brit. Irul, Birds, i. p. 281 (1889) ; id cd. Hume, 

 Nests ^- E<if/s Ltd. Birds, i. p. 184, footnote (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 320'('l001). 



The eggs of the Yellow-crowned Eulhul in the Collection are of a 

 regular oval form, and exhibit verj- little gloss. One has the ground- 

 colour pale salmon-pink, while the other is of a greyish-pink 

 colour: both thickly blotched with rich purplish red, reddish brown, 

 and lavender. The markings are slightly larger and more numerous 

 at the larger end of the egg. Two examples measure respectively : 

 1-07 by -75 ; 1-03 by '74. 



1. Kussoom, ]Malav Peiiinsula, lluine Coll. 



2nd .luly (/. 'Barlivg). 

 1. Kussoom (J. D.). Hume Coll. 



Genus BLED A, i?j>. 



Bleda icterica {Siricll.). 



(Plate X. fig. 12.) 



Crini^ur ictericus, Lcr/t/e, Birds Cej/hn, p. 472 (1879). 



Xenocichla icterica, simrpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 96 (1881) ; Nriirk. 



luit. Eiersaviml. p. 43 (1899). 

 lole icterica, Gates, Famin Brit, hid., Birds, i. p. 283 (1889) ; id. ed. 



Hume, Nests Sr Eyijs Ind. Birds, i. p. 185 (1889). 

 Bleda icterica, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 320 (1901). 



The eggs of the Y'ellow-browcd Eulbul are of a narrow oval form 

 and moderately gloss}\ Tavo examples in the Collection are white, 

 feebly speckled with very faint grey. A third is pinkish white, 

 closely speckled with biownish and puriilish i)ink, the markings 

 being confluent at the broader end and forming a large cap. They 

 measure respectively: 1 by -(io; -9 by -GS; -9 by 'GS. 



1. Khotagherry, Nilgliiri Hills, ISth lluuie Cull. 



A])ril {Miss Cock/mm). 



2. Kotagherry, 22nd April {Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockhurii). 



Genus ANDROPADUS, Sivains. 



Andropadiis importunus ( VieiU.). 



(Plate X. fig. 13.) 



Andropadus importmins, Sharpe. ed. Bayard's Birds S. Africa, p. 204 

 (1875-84); id. Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 108 (1881) ; id. Hand-l. iii. 

 p. 323 (1901); Stark, Birds S. Africa, ii. p. G5 (1901). 



The eggs of the 8umbre Tooth-billed Uulbul arc of a narrow oval 



