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Family PYCNONOTID^E. 



Genus JEGITHINA, Vieill. 



JSgitnina tiphia {Linn.). 

 (Plate X, fig. 2.) 



lora typhia, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 490 (1880). 



^Egithina tiphia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 7 (1881) ; Oates, Fauna 

 Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 230 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests fy Et/gs 

 Ind. Birds, i. p. 151 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 42 (1899) j 

 Sharpe t Hand-L iii. p. 306 (1901). 



The eggs of the Common lora are of a broad oval form, and while 

 some exhibit a small amount of gloss, others are without a trace 

 of it. They are white, occasionally tinged with pink, and are 

 streaked with lavender, pale brown, lilac-red, or pinkish-brown. 

 The streaks are generally broad and confluent round the broad end 

 of the egg, and form a well-marked zone or, in some cases, a cap. 

 A few specimens are merely spotted with grey. They measure 

 from -63 to -76 in length, and from -51 to -57 in breadth. 



1. Ouclh. Crowley Bequest. 

 3. Allahabad, N. W. Provs., India, Hume Coll. 



6th July. 



3. Raipur, C. Provs. Hume Coll. 



10. llaipur, 15th June (F. R. Hume Coll. 

 Bleioitt). 



2. Raipur, 8th Aug. (F. R. B.), Hume Coll. 



3. Saugor, C. Provs. Hume Coll. 

 8. Saugor, 14th-16th July. Hume Coll. 

 2. Saugor, 17th July. Hume Coll. 

 2. Saugor, 28th July. Hume Coll. 

 2. Saugor, 7th Aug. Hume Coll. 



2. Calcutta, 12th July. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Teriat Hills, Wynaad, 24th May Hume Coll. 



(J, Darling}. 



1. Pegu, 28th May (E. W. Oates). Plume Coll. 



1. Pegu, 22nd June (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



4. Pegu, 23rd June (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Pegu, 24th June (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Pegu, 25th July (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Pegu, 4th July (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



JEgithina viridis (Bp.). 



lora scapularis, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 339. 



yEgithina viridis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 11 (1881) ; id. Hand-L 

 iii. p. 306(1901). 



The eggs of the Black-winged lora in the Collection are very 

 similar to those of ^E. tiphia*, but in one of the specimens the 



* Dr. Sharpe (P. Z. S. 1879, p. 339) appears to have inadvertently described 

 the egg of some other bird as that of this species. 



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