TROCHALOPTERTJM. 9 



Trochalopterum canorum (Linn.}. 



Trochalopterum. canorum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 376 (1883) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 59 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 9 (1903). 



Eggs of the " Hwa-mei," or Chinese Laughing-Thrush, are of a 

 rather broad oval form, glossy, and of a spotless pale blue colour. 

 They measure from 1*00 to 1*04 in length, and from '80 to '85 in 

 breadth. 



4. Chinkiang, Fohkien, 12th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.], 



Trochalopterum taivamim (Swirih.). 



Garrulus taivanus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1863, p. 279. 



Trochalopterum taivanum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 376 (1883) ; 



id. Hand-l. iv. p. 9 (1903). 

 Trochalopteron taivanuiu, La Touche, Ibis, 1898, p. 357. 



The eggs of the Eormosan Laughing-Thrush vary from a narrow 

 to a very broad oval. They are highly glossy and of a spotless 

 greenish-blue colour. They measure from '92 to 1-2 in length, and 

 from '74 to '82 in breadth. 



2. Tamsui, China, 20th June. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.], 

 24. Formosa (R. Sivinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



23. Formosa (P. A. Hoist). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Formosa (R. Swinhoe : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



Trochalopterum lineatum ( Vigors'). 



Trochalopterum lineatum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 377 (1883) ; 

 Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 101 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 64 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 59 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 9 (1903). 



The eggs of the Himalayan Streaked Laughing-Thrush are of an 

 oval form, but they vary very much in width. A few are elliptical. 

 They are only moderately glossy and of a spotless greenish-blue 

 colour, somewhat paler than the eggs of T. taivanum. They measure 

 from -9 to 1-1 in length, and from -67 to -76 in breadth. 



3. Kotegarh, Himalayas, 15th March. Hume Coll. 



3. Kotegarh, 15th April. Hume Coll. 



1. Kotegarh, 24th April. Hume Coll. 



9. Kotegarh, 30th April. Hume Coll. 



13. Kotegarh, May. J Hume Coll. 



1. Kotegarh, 2nd May. Hume Coll. 



2. Kotegarh, 10th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Kotegarh, llth May. Hume Coll. 



3. Kotegarh, 19th May. Hume Coll. 

 3. Kotegarh, 22nd May. Hume Coll. 



1. Kotegarh, 30th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Kotegarh, 9th June. Hume Coll. 



3. Kotegarh, 10th June. Hume Coll. 



