CYORNIS. DIGENEA. NILTAVA. 257 



Cyornis magnirostris, Elyfh. 



Siphia magnirostris, Sharpe, Cat, Birds B. M. iv. p. 453 (1879) ; Nehrk 



Kat. Elersamml. p. 31 (1899). 

 Cyornis magnirostris, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 26 (1890) ; 



Stuart. Baker, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. ix. p. 124 (1894) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l iii. p. 217 (1901). 



Eggs of the Long-billed Blue Flycatcher are of a regular oval 

 shape and glossy. They are of a uniform stone-colour. They 

 measure respectively : -82 by -55 ; 78 by -57. 



2. Laisung, N. Cachar Hills, 16th May. E. 0. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus DIGENEA, Hodgs. 

 l)igenea leucomelanura, Hodgs. 



Digenea leucomelanura, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 459 (1879) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eitrsamml p. 31 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 218 



(1901). 

 Cyornis leucomelanurus, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 16 (1890) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 3 (1890) ; Osmaston, 



Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 67 (1897). 



The eggs of the Slaty-blue Flycatcher in the Collection are of a 

 regular oval form and moderately glossy. Some examples are uni- 

 formly of a pale cream-colour ; others are of a pinkish-white colour, 

 very finely freckled with pale rufous, chiefly at the larger end, where 

 the markings form, a cap. Five specimens measure respectively : 

 6 by -5 ; -62 by -47 ; -6 by -46 ; -68 by -49 ; -57 by -49. 



1. Kashmir, 31st May ( W. E. Brooks}. Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 31st May ( W. E. B. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Kashmir, 3rd June ( W. E. B.}. Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 5th June ( W. E. B. ; Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



Genus NILTAVA, Hodgs. 



Niltava grandis, Blyth. 

 (Plate VII. fig. 9.) 



Niltava grandis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 464 (1879) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 40 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 8f 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 18 (1890) ; Nekrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 31 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 219 (1901). 



The eggs of the Large Niltava are normally of a narrow oval 

 form, and exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. They vary from 

 a pinkish-white to a pale fawn colour, and are usually quite plain. 

 Some, however, are faintly clouded at the larger end with very pale 

 rufous. They measure from -89 to 1*04 in length, and from '69 to 

 75 in breadth. 



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