298 CAMPOPHAGIDJE. 



especially at the broad end. Two specimens measure respectively : 

 72 by -53 ; -7 by '54. 



3. Kotegarh, Himalayas. Hume Coll. 



Pericrocotus roseus 



(Plate IX. fig. 15.) 



Pericrocotus roseus. Sharpe, Cat. Birds 3. M. iv. p. 81 (1879) ; Gates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds % i. p. 486 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests fy 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 338 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 301 (1901). 



The eggs of the Rosy Mini vet are of a broad oval form and 

 exhibit little gloss. They are greyish white, marked with reddish- 

 arid purplish-brown and underlying lavender. In two specimens in 

 the Collection the markings consist of large confluent blotches 

 forming a broad zone ; in two others they consist of well-defined 

 specks, spots and small blotches, pretty evenly distributed over the 

 entire egg. Four examples measure respectively : -75 by '58 ; '74 

 by -57; '8 by -6; -78 by -58. 



2. Muni, Himalayas (C. H. T. Hume Coll. 



Marshall). 



1. Mum, 15th June (C. H. T. M.}. Hume Coll. 



1. Mum (C. H. T. M.}. Hume CoU. 



Pericrocotus griseigularis, Gould. 



Pericrocotus griseigularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 83 (1879) ; 

 La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 420 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 302 (1901). 



An egg of the Grey-throated Minivet in the Collection is a very 

 broad oval in shape and moderately glossy. It is greyish white, 

 marked with specks, spots and small blotches of rich umber-brown 

 and underlying lilac or lavender. The markings, fairly dense every- 

 where, are more numerous round the smaller end, where they form 

 a zone. It measures '75 by '6. 



1. Kuatun, Foh-kien, China, 8th May C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 

 (/. D. La Touche). 



Pericrocotus cinereus, Lafr. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 19.) 



Pericrocotus cinereus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 83 (1879); Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 489 (1889) ; Seebohm, Birds Japan. 

 Emp. p. 106 (1890) ; Tacz. Faune Om. Siber. Orient, p. 462 (1891) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 302 (1901). 



The eggs of the Siberian Minivet in the Collection are of a blunt 

 oval form and almost devoid of all gloss. They are white or very 

 pale blue, spotted and blotched, pretty evenly all over, with brown 



