HYPSIPETES. 305 







Hypsipetes ganeesa, Sykes. 



Ilypsipetes iraneesa, Leggc, Birds Ceylon, p. 469 (1879) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. vi. p. 39 (1881) ; Gates, Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. 

 p. 262 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds t \. p. 167 (1889) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l iii. p. 310 (1901). 



The eggs of the Southern-Indian Black Bulbul are of a narrow 

 pointed oval form, and are slightly glossy. They are pinkish white, 

 speckled, spotted and, less frequently, blotched with pale purple and 

 deep reddish brown. The markings are dense at the broad end of 

 the egg, where they are frequently confluent and form an ill-defined 

 cap or zone. Specimens measure from '96 to 1/15 in length, and 

 from -7 to -78 in breadth. 



4. Coonoor, Nilghiri Hills. Hume Coll. 



1. Coonoor, April ( W. Daviswi). Hume Coll. 



1. Coonoor, llth April. Hume Coll. 



1. Coonoor, 18th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Ciirzon, Nilghiri Hills, 5th May. Hume Coll, 



2. Ootacamund, Nilghiri Hills. Hume Coll. 



1. Nilghiri Hills, April. Hume Coll. 



2. Nilghiri Hills. Crowley Bequest. 



Hypsipetes nigerrimus, Gould. 



Hypsipetes nigerrimus, Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 287 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. vi. p. 4i (1881); La Touche, Ibis, 1898, p. 365 j Sharpe, 

 Hand-LKi. p. 310(1901). 



The eggs of the Formosan Black Bulbul are of a narrow oval 

 form, and possess a considerable amount of gloss. They are of a 

 pinkish-white colour, thickly covered with spots and blotches of 

 rich reddish brown and lavender. Five eggs measure respectively : 

 1-02 by -67 ; 1 by -66 ; 1 by -64 ; 1 by 78 ; -94 by '75. 



3. Formosa, 27th May (P. A. Hoist). Seehohm Coll. 



2. Formosa (.72. Swinhoe : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



Hypsipetes leucocephalus (Gm.). 

 (Plate X. fig. 6.) 



Hypsipetes leucocephalus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 41 (1881) ; 

 La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 416 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 310 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-headed Black Bulbul are of a somewhat 

 narrow oval shape and moderately glossy. They are pinkish white, 

 densely spotted and streaked with purplish red, reddish brown, and 

 lavender. Many of the specimens in the Collection are inseparable 

 from eggs of H. psaroides. They measure from 1 to T07 in length, 

 and from '7 to '76 in breadth. 



3. Kuatun, Foh-kien, China, May C. B. Kickett, Esq. [P.]. 



(J. D. La Touche}. 



3. Kuatun, May (J. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Kuatun, June (J. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



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