ARGYA. 11 



Argya subrufa 



(Plate I. fig. 2.) 



Argya subrufa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 390 (1883) ; Gates, 

 Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 109 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 74 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 59 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 11 (1903). 



Three eggs of the Large Rufous Babbler measure respectively : 

 96 by -74 ; -96 by '74 ; -95 by -74. 



3. Manantoddy, Wynaad, S. India, Hume Coll. 

 23rd April. 



Argya earlei (Blyih}. 



Argya earlii, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 392 (1883) ; Gates, Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 105 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. 

 Birds, i. p. 68 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 59 (1899) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 11 (1903). 



The eggs of the Striated Babbler vary from *78 to -95 in length, 

 and from '61 to *71 in breadth. 



1. India. Crowley Bequest. 



7. Eastern Narra, Sind (S. Doig}. Hume Coll. 



1. Eastern Narra, 8th May (S. D.}. Hume Coll. 



1. Eastern Narra, 26th May (S. Z>.). Hume Coll. 



1. Saharunpur, 15th April (C. H. T. Hume Coll. 



Marshall). 



3. Delhi, 28th March ( C. T. Bin g ham). Hume Coll. 



3. Delhi, 28th March ( C. T. Bingham). Hume Coll. 



3. Pegu District, 24th July. Hume Coll. 



Argya caudata (Drap.}. 



Argya caudata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 393 (1883) ; Gates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 106 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs 

 Ind. Birds, i. p. 70 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 59 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 11 (1903). 



Argya eclipes, Hume ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 394. 



Argya huttoni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 394. 



The eggs of the Common Indian Babbler vary from *72 to *92 in 

 length, and from -6 to -7 in breadth. 



13. Fao, Persian Gulf, June. W. D. Gumming, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Jask, Gulf of Oman, 28th March. S. Butcher, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Jask, 1st April. S. Butcher, Esq. [P.J. 

 1. India. Crowley Bequest. 



1. India, 7th July. Hume Coll. 



5. India. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



7. Sind (J. H. Gould). Goulof Coll. 



1. Sind (J. H. <?.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Sind (J. H. G. : Tristram Coil.). Crowley Bequest. 

 4. Hansi, 30th March ( W. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



