86 TRERONID.E. 



The eggs of Sclater's Imperial Pigeon in the Collection measure 

 respectively: 2'1 by 1-3; 1-9 by 1'32; 1*9 by 1-34. They are 

 slightly glossy. 



3. Admiralty Islands. Voy. II.M.S. < Challenger/ 



Genus DUCULA, Hodgs. 



Ducula cuprea (Jerd.). 



Carpophaga cuprea, Oates ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. B. ii. p. 368 



(1890) ; Salvador*, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 215 (1893). 

 Ducula cuprea, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 66 (1899). 



The eggs of Jerdon's Imperial Pigeon in the Collection are glossy, 

 and measure respectively: 1-68 by 1-32; 1-73 by 1-26; 1-7*6 

 by 1-29. 



1. Kakencotte Forest, Mysore, 2nd Hume Coll. 



March (/. Macpherson). 



2. Kakencotte Forest, 27th April Hume Coll. 



(/. Macpherson). 



Ducula griseicapilla, Walden. 



Carpophaga griseicapilla, Oates ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. B. ii. p. 369 



(1890) ; Salvador*, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 217 (1893). 

 Ducula griseicapilla, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 66 (1899;. 



The egg of the Grey-headed Imperial Pigeon in the Collection 

 is fairly glossy, and measures 1'61 by 1-15. 



1. Mooleyit Mountain, Tenasserim, Hume Coll. 



27th Jan. ( W. Damson). 



Genus MYEISTICIVORA, lleichenb. 



Myristicivora bicolor (Scop.). 



Carpophaga bicolor, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 348 ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 



$ Eggs Ind. B. ii. p. 369 (1890). 

 Myristicivora bicolor, Salvador*, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 227 (1893) 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 67 (1899). 



Two eggs of the Pied Imperial Pigeon measure respectively : 

 1-78 by 1-25 ; 1-9 by 1-35. They are fairly glossy. 



1. Trinkut Island, Nicobars, 4th Feb. Hume Coll. 



( Wimberley}. 

 1. Labuan, Borneo, Feb. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



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Myristicivora spilorrhoa (Gray). 



Myristicivora spilorrhoa, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 114 (186-5) : 

 North, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 269 (1889) ; Salvador*, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xxi. p, 231 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-Li, p. 67 (1899). 



