24 T1MEL1ID.E. 



The eggs of the llufous-necked Laughing-Thrush are of a some- 

 what pointed oval form. They are highly glossy and of a very pale 

 blue or bluish-white colour. They measure from '95 to 1*1 in length, 

 and from '7 to '83 in breadth. 



28. Mongphoo, Darjiling (J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



7. Mongphoo, 30th April (J. (?.). Hume Coll. 



1. Mongphoo, May (J. G.}. Hume Coll. 



1. Mongphoo, 3rd May (J. (7.). Hume Coll. 



6. Mongphoo, 7th May (/. G.}. Hume Coll. 



1. Mongphoo, 8th May (J. G.}. Hume Coll, 



7. Mongphoo, 9th May (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



2. Mongphoo, 15th May (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



4. Himalayas. Crowley Bequest. 



Dryonastes nuchalis (Godwin- Austen}. 



Garrulax nuchalis, Godw.-Awten, Ann, fy Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xviii. 



p. 411 (1876) ; Hume, Sir. F. v. p. 58 (1877) ; id. Sir. F. 1879, 



p. 96. 

 Dryonastes nuchalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 456 (1883) ; id. 



Hand-l. iv. p. 20 (1903). 



The eggs of Ogle's Laughing-Thrush are similar to those of 

 D. ruficollis, but of a slightly deeper shade of blue. They measure 

 from 1'05 to 1*15 in length, and from 0'75 to 0'85 in breadth. 



3. Margherita, Assam, 9th June. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



C. Stuart Baker, Es 

 and Dr. H. Collart. 



1. Margherita, Assam, 14th May. E. C. Stuart_ Baker, Esq.J rp -, 



Dryonastes perspicillatus (Gmel.). 



Dryonastes perspicillatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 458 (1883); 

 Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 218 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 21 (1903). 



The eggs of the Chinese Laughing-Thrush are of an ordinary 

 oval form, highly glossy, and of a very pale blue or bluish-white 

 colour. They measure from 1*08 to 1*19 in length, and from -81 

 to '90 in breadth. 



3. Foochow, China, April. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.I. 



3. Foochow, 9th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 



1. Foochow, 15th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 



Dryonastes sannio (Swinh.}. 

 (Plate I. fig. 8.) 



Garrulax sannio, David fy Oustalet, Ois. Chine, p. 192 (1877). 

 Dryonastes sannio, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 459 (1883) ; Oates, 



Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 76 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml 



p. 61 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 21 (1903). 



The only egg of the White-browed Laughing-Thrush in the 



