HEMIXUS. IOLE. 307 



Genus HEMIXUS, Hodys. 



Hemixus malaccensis (Blyth). 



Hypsipetes malaccensis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 13. 



Hemixus raalaccensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 52 (1881) ; id. 



Hand-l. iii. p. 312 (1901). 

 lole malaccensis, Oates, Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 283 (1889). 



The eggs of the Streaked Bulbul are of a pointed oval form and 

 slightly glossy. They are of a pinkish-white colour, densely spotted, 

 streaked and smeared with deep reddish hrown and lavender. The 

 markings are generally confluent at the broad end of the egg, and 

 form a cap or zone. Examples measure from *8 to *9 in length, 

 and from -6 to -65 in breadth. 



10. Labuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [0.]. 



Genus IOLE, Blyth. 

 lole philippensis (Gm.). 



lole philippensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 58 (1881) ; Grant $ 

 Whitehead, Ibi*. 1898, p. 238 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 42(1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 313 (1901). 



The eggs of the Philippine Streaked Bulbul in the Collection are 

 of a regular oval form and very glossy. They are of a pinkish- 

 white colour, thickly speckled all over with deep purplish red and 

 lavender. They measure respectively : 1-1 by '75 ; 1-04 by -77. 



2. Cape Engano, N.E. Luzon, Philip- J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 

 pine Islands, 23rd May. 



lole mindorensis, Steere. 



lole mindorensis, Steere, List Birds fy Mamm. Philipp. p. 19 (1890) ; 

 Grant $ Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 238, pi. v. fig. 2 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 314 (1901). 



The eggs of the Mindoro Streaked Bulbul are of a broad oval 

 form and highly glossy. They are of a salmon-pink colour, spotted 

 and blotched with rich chestnut, light red, and underlying dark 

 lavender or grey. They measure respectively : 1*04 by *75 ; 1*05 



by -77. 



2. Mindoro, Philippine Islands. Steere Exped. 



lole macclellandi (Horsf.). 

 (Plate X. fig. 7.) 



lole macclellandi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 59 (1881) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml p. 43 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 314 (1901). 



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