294 



Graucalus macei, Less. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 12.) 



Graucalus macei, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 34 (1879) ; Ley ye, Birds 

 Ceylon, p. 360 (1879) ; Oates Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 496 

 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs 2nd. Birds, i. p. 348 (1889) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 22 (1899) j Sharpe, Hand-l iii. p. 292 

 (1901). 



The eggs of the Indian Cuekoo-Shrike are mostly of a lengthened 

 and pointed oval form, and they have a considerable amount of gloss. 



The coloration is of two distinct types. In one the ground is 

 fawn-coloured, thickly spotted, streaked and blotched, pretty evenly 

 all over, with brown, light chestnut and grey. In the second the 

 ground is of a pale green colour, marked with clouds, small blotches 

 and streaky spots of dark brown, yellowish-brown, and lavender. 

 Specimens measure from I'll to 1-35 in length, and from '8 to *91 

 in breadth. 



1. Sitapur, Oudh, 29th March. Hume Coll. 



2. Oudh Terai, 6th May. Hume Coll. 

 2. Oudh Terai, 23rd May. Hume Coll. 



2. Allahabad. Hume Coll. 

 4. Allahabad. Hume Coll. 



3. Allahabad, 5th July. Hume Coll. 

 1. Saugor, Central Provinces (F. R. Hume Coll. 



Blewitt). 

 6. Central India, 9th March (R. C. Crowley Bequest. 



Beavan; Tristram Coll.}. 



1. India. W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Graucalus hypoleucus, Gould. 



Graucalus hypoleucus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 196 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, 'Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 36 (1879) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N.S.W. vii. p. 408, pi. 3. fig. 11 (1882) ; North, Nests fy Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 76, pi. ix. fig. 1 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 22 (1899) ; Robinson $ Laverock, Ibis, 1900, p. 628 ; Campbell, 

 Nests # Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 98 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 292 

 (1901). 



The eggs of the "White-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike resemble those of 

 G. melanops and G. parvirostris, but are somewhat smaller. Six 

 examples measure from I'l to 1-3 in length, and from -77 to '9 in 

 breadth. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, Crowley Bequest. 



15th Sept. (North Coll.). 

 2. Dawson River, 22nd Oct. (North Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 2. Dawson River, 6th Nov. (North Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



