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2. Sikhim Terai, 6th April Hume Coll. 



2. Sikhim Terai, 16th April. Hume Coll. 



3. N.W. Prov., 20th March. Hume Coll. 



1. Allahabad, 1st March (J. Cockburn). Hume Coll. 



2. Allahabad, 21st March (J. C.). Hume Coll. 



1. Allahabad, 7th April. Hume Coll. 



2. Maunhboom, 19th April (R. C. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Beavari) . 



1. Khandesh, 14th April (J. Davidson}. Hume Coll. 



2. Khandesh, 16th April (J. Z>.). Hume Coll. 



2. Khandesh, 17th April (J. D.}. Hume Coll. 

 2. Mysore, 19th March ( Iver Mac- Hume Coll. 



pherson). 



Glaucidium cuculoid.es ( Vig.). 



Glaucidium cuculoides, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 219 (1875) ; Gates 

 ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 113 '1890) ; Blanf. Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, ill. p. 305 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 299 

 (1899). 



The eggs of the Barred Owlet are spheroidal in shape and glossy. 

 They measure from 1'29 to 1-5 in length, and from 1/15 to 1-2 in 

 breadth. 



3. Dhurmsala, N.W. Himalayas, 18th Hume Coll. 



May (C. R. Cock}. 

 1. Dhurmsala, 27th May (C. R. C.}. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Mongphoo, Sikhim, 9th May (J. Hume Coll. 



Gammie}. 



2. Etawah, N.W. Prov., 25th April 



( W. E. Brooks). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Tenasserim, 12th April (Col. C. T. Hume Coll. 



Bingham). 



2. Tenasserim, 23rd April (C. T. B.}. Hume Coll. 



3. Tenasserim, 2nd May ( C. T. B.}. Hume Coll. 



Glaucidium whitelyi (Swinh,}. 



Athene cuculoides, Swinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 265. 



Glaucidium whitelyi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 222 (1875) ; Styan, 



Ibis, 1891, p. 485; La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 482; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



i. p. 299 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 12 (1899). 



The eggs of the Chinese Barred Owlet resemble those of Q. cucu- 

 loides. Four specimens measure respectively: 1'35 by 1/17; 1*42 

 by 1-24 ; 1-46 by 1-21 ; 1-36 by 1-22. 



3. Amoy, China (R. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Foochow, China, 1st May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus MICROPALLAS, Coues. 



Micropallas whitneyi (Cooper). 



Micrathene whitneyi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 224 (1875) ; Baird, 

 Brewer $ Ridgiv, N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. 87 (1874) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml p. 12 (1899). 



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