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Two eggs of the Spotted-breasted Laughing-Thrush in the 

 Collection are blue, somewhat glossy, and with a satiny surface. 

 They measure 1'24 by -86 ; 1-25 by -87 respectively. 



2. Haijiling, N. Cachar, 23rd July. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [0.]. 



Genus GRAMMATOPTILA, Reichenb. 

 Grammatoptila striata 



Grammatoptila striata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 450 (1883) ; 

 Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 103 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 67 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 61 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 19 (1903). 



The eggs of the Striated Laughing-Thrush are of a sharply- 

 pointed oval form, with only a small amount of gloss. They are of 

 a pale greenish-blue colour. Some eggs are quite spotless, others are 

 marked with a few very small reddish-brown specks about the 

 larger end. They measure from 1*25 to 1*35 in length, and from 

 89 to -92 in breadth. 



2. Darjiling, July. Hume Coll. 



2. Mongphoo, Darjiling, 5th May Hume Coll. 



(J. Gammie). 



2. Mongphoo, 5th May (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



Genus RHINOCICHLA, Sharpe. 

 Rhinocichla treacheri, 



Rhinocichla treacheri, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 453 (1883) ; id. 

 Ibis, 1889, p. 412; id. Hand-l. iv. p. 19 (1903). 



The only egg of Treacher's Laughing- Thrush in the Collection is 

 of a regular oval form, of a bright pale blue colour and rather 

 glossy. It measures 1-06 by -83 inch. 



1. Kina Balu Mt., Borneo, 17th March Crowley Bequest. 

 (J. Whitehead). 



Genus DRYONASTES, Sharpe. 



The eggs of this genus are spotless and are of all shades of blue, 

 from the very palest, barely distinguishable from pure white, to 

 those of a rather deep blue tint. 



Dryonastes ruficollis (J. $ S.). 



Dryonastes ruficollis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 454 (1883); 

 Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 73 (1889); id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests 8r Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 45 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 61 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 20 (1903). 



