296 CAMPOPHAGID^. 



Genus YQLVOCIVORA, H&dy*. 



Yohrocivora luguforis (Sundev.). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 16.) 



Campophaga luguMs, Sharpe, Cat. Birds- B^M. iv. p. 65 (1879) ; Nehrk. 



Kai. Eiersamml. p. 23 (1899). 

 Campophaga melanoschista, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 491 



(1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 345 (1889). 

 Volvocivora lugubris, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii.p. 298 (1901). 



The eggs of the Dark-grey Cuckoo-Shrike are of a regular oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. They are of a white or greenish- 

 white colour, very thickly streaked and blotched with dark brown 

 and lavender-grey. They measure from '9 to T02 in length, and 

 from '65 to *71 in breadth. 



2. Jerripani,. Mussoori (7*. Hutton). Home Coll. 

 4. Mongphoo, Darjiling (J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



2. Mongphoo, 17th June (/. G.}. Hume ColL 



Volvocivora melanoptera (Eupp.\ 



Campophaga melanoptera, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 67 (1879) ; 



Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 492J1889). 

 Volvocivora melanoptera, Sharpe, Hand-L iii. p. 299 (1901). 



The eggs of the Pale-grey Cuckoo-Shrike appear to be inseparable 

 from those of V. lugubris. Three examples measure respectively : 

 97 by -69 ; '95 by '69 ; '98 by 7. 



3. Foochow, China, llth June. C. B.. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus PEKICROCOTUS, Bole. 



Pericrocotus speciosus (Lath.). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 14.) 



PericroeotHS speciosus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 71 (1879); 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 479 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 

 # Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 335 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 299 

 (1901). 



The eggs of the Indian Scarlet Minivet are of an extremely 

 broad oval form and almost devoid of all gloss. They are greyish 

 white, speckled and spotted with pale brown and lavender, chiefly 

 at the broad end, where the markings are larger and more or less 

 confluent. Pour examples measure respectively : -88 by *71 ; "94 

 by -66 ; -86 by -68 ; '85 by -67. 



3. Jerripani,. Mussoori (T. Hutton). Hume Coll. 

 1. Dehra Dhoon, N.W. Provinces, Hume ColL 

 (T. H.}. 



