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The eggs of the Golden-backed Three-toed Woodpecker are some- 

 what pyriform and moderately glossy. They measure from *97 to 

 1'16 in length, and from *72 to *8 in breadth. 



2. Pegu, 7th May (E. W. Gates: Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll.}. 



3. Meplay River, Tenasserim, 22nd Hume Coll. 



March (C. T. ing ham). 

 3. Meplay River, 23rd March (C. Plume Coll. 



T. B.). 

 1. Labuan ; Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



Genus HEMICERCITS, Swains. 



Hemicercus canente (Less.). 



Hemicercus canente, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 486 (1890) ; 

 Oates ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eggs Lid. Birds, ii. p. 314 ; Blanf. Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 69 (1895) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 168 

 (1899) j Sfarpe, Hand-l ii. p. 230 (1900). 



The eggs of the Heart-spotted Woodpecker are moderately glossy, 

 and measure from '85 to -9 in length, and from '66 to '69 in 

 breadth. 



1. Moulmein, Tenasserim, 16th Dec. Hume Coll. 



( W. Damson). 



2. Meplay River, Tenasserim, llth Hume Coll. 



March (C. T. Bingliain). 



2. Kussoom, Malay Peninsula, 2nd Hume Coll. 

 July (J. Darling). 



Genus ALOPHONERPES, Reichenb. 

 Alophonerpes pulverulentus (Temm.). 



Hemilophus pulverulentus, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 494 

 (1890); Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 315 (1890) ; 

 Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 71 (1895) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 168 (1899). 



Alophonerpes pulverulentus, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 230 (1900). 



Two eggs of the Great Slaty Woodpecker in the Collection are 

 somewhat spheroidal in shape, and moderately glossy. They 

 measure respectively : 1-4 by I'l ; T4 by 1'12. 



2. Thoungyin River, Tenasserim, 30th Hume Coll. 

 April (C. T. Bingham). 



