TIMELItD^E. 



Trochalopterum cacMnnans (Jerd.). 

 (Plate I. fig. 3.) 



Trochalopterum cachinnans, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 373 (1883) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 97 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 

 # Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 62 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 59 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 9 (1903). 



The eggs of the Nilghiri Laughing-Thrush are of a broad oval 

 form and possess a considerable amount of gloss. The ground is 

 of a somewhat pale blue colour, and at the larger end, and some- 

 times over the whole shell, this is sparingly speckled, spotted and 

 blotched with deep reddish brown and chocolate -brown. Many 

 eggs are also blotched here and there with underlying pale purplish 

 red. The eggs measure from -92 to 1-08 in length, and from -74 to 

 8 in breadth. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Nilghiri Hills, S. India (Tristram 



Coll.). 



Nilghiri Hills, 28th March. 

 Nilghiri Hills, 31st March. 

 Nilghiri Hills, April. 

 Nilghiri Hills, 3rd May. 

 Kotagherry, 25th Feb. (Miss 



Cockburn). 

 Kotagherry, 15th March (Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockburn). 

 Kotagherry, 22nd 



Cockburn). 

 Kotagherry, 25th 



Cockburn). 

 Curzon, 14th April. 

 Curzon, 19th April. 

 Curzon, 1st May. 

 Curzon, 5th May. 

 Coonoor, April. 

 Coonoor, 16th May. 

 Ootacamund, llth March. 



May 

 May 



(Miss 

 (Miss 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Trochalopterum fairbanki, Blanf. 



Trochalopterum fairbanki, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 374 (1883) ; 

 Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 99 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 

 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 64 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 9 (1903). 



The sole egg of the Palni Laughing-Thrush in the Collection 

 is of a broad oval form with a very small amount of gloss. The 

 ground is of a very pale blue colour, and this is sparingly marked 

 all over with spots, small blotches, lines and scrawls, varying in 

 colour from pale purple to rich maroon. The egg measures 

 1 by -75. 



1. Palni Hills, S. India, May Hume Coll. 



(S. B. Fairbank). 



