310 PYCNONOTTD^E. 



Genus TRACHYCOMQS, Cab. 



Trachycomus ochrocephalus (Gm.). 



Trachycomus ochrocephalus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 93 (1881) ; 

 Gates, Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 281 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 184, footnote (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l 

 iii. p. 320 (1901). 



The eggs of the Yellow-crowned Bulbul in the Collection are of a 

 regular oval form, and exhibit very little gloss. One has the ground- 

 colour pale salmon-pink, while the other is of a greyish-pink 

 colour: both thickly blotched with rich purplish red, reddish brown, 

 and lavender. The markings are slightly larger and more numerous 

 at the larger end of the egg. Two examples measure respectively : 

 1-07 by -75 ; 1-03 by -74. 



1. Kussoom, Malay Peninsula, Hume Coll. 



2ud July (J. ^Darling). 

 1. Kussoom (J. D.). Hume Coll. 



Genus BLEDA, Bp. 



Bleda icterica (Stricld.). 



(Plate X. fig. 12.) 



Criniger ictericus, Legye, Birds Ceylon, p. 472 (1879). 



Xenocichla icterica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 96 (1881) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml p. 43 (1899). 

 lole icterica, Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 283 (1889) ; id. ed. 



Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 185 (1889). 

 Bleda icterica, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 320 (1901). 



The eggs of the Yellow-browed Bulbul are of a narrow oval form 

 and moderately glossy. Two examples in the Collection are white, 

 feebly speckled with very faiut grey. A third is pinkish white, 

 closely speckled with brownish and purplish pink, the markings 

 being confluent at the broader end and forming a large cap. They 

 measure respectively : 1 by -65 ; *9 by *65; -9 by "63. 



1. Khotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 18th Hume Coll. 



April (Miss Cockburri). 



2. Kotagherry, 22nd April (Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockburri). 



Genus ANDROPADUS, Swains. 



Andropadus importunus ( VieilL). 

 (Plate X. fig. 13.) 



Andropadus importunus, Sharpe, ed. Laijard's Birds S. Africa, p 204 

 (1875-84); id. Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 108 (1881) ; id. Hand-l. iii. 

 p. 323 (1901) j Stark, Birds S. Africa, ii. p. 65 (1901). 



The eggs of the Sombre Tooth-billed Bulbul are of a narrow oval 



