280 MUSCICAPID^E. 



Genus TERPSIPHONE, Gloger. 



Terpsiphone paradisi (Linn.). 



(Plate VIII. fig. 21.) 



Terpsiphone paradisi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 346 (1879) ; Legge, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 404 (1879) ; Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 45 

 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests fy Egc/s Ind. Birds, ii. p. 22 (1890) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 29 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l iii. p. 263 

 (1901). 



The eggs of the Indian Paradise Ply catcher are of a pointed oval 

 form and exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. The ground- 

 colour varies from pinkish white to salmon-pink, and this is spotted 

 and speckled with chestnut, lilac and lavender. The markings, as 

 a rule, are dense at the broad end and sparse elsewhere, but a few 

 specimens are well marked even at the small end. The spots at 

 the broad end often form an irregular zone. 



Four examples from Delhi differ from the above in being white, 

 with markings of very dark purplish brown, chocolate and lavender. 



Specimens measure from *75 to '88 in length, and from *57 to *65 

 in breadth. 



4. Delhi, India, 27th May (C. T. Hume Coll. 



Bingham). 



2. Delhi, 2nd June (C. T. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Bareilly, N.W. Provs., 19th June Crowley Bequest. 



(W.E. Brooks: Tristram Coll.}. 



3. Bareilly, 19th June (A . O. Hume] . H ume Coll. 

 1. Jhansi (F. R. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 

 6. Raipur,C.Provs,June(.F. #..&.). Hume Coll. 



17. Raipur, July (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



Terpsiphone affinis (BlytTi). 



Terpsiphone affinis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 349 (1879) ; Gates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 47 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs 

 Ind. Birds, ii. p. 26 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 29 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 263 ((1901). 



The eggs of the Burmese Paradise Flycatcher very closely re- 

 semble those of T. paradisi. Six specimens measure from *77 to '86 

 in length, and from -58 to -64 in breadth. 



2. Darjiling (/. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



'2. Kussoom, Malay Peninsula, 3rd Hume Coll. 



June. 

 2. Johore, Malay Peninsula, 16th Hume Coll. 



March. 



Terpsiphone incei (Gould). 



Terpsiphone incii, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 350 (1879) j Rwkett, 



Ibis, 1894, p. 221. 

 Terpsiphone incei, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 263 (1901). 



