DRYONASTES. CRATEROPUS. 25 



Collection is of a regular oval form, uniform pale blue in colour, and 

 very glossy. It measures 1*6 by '84 inch. 



1. Amoy, China (It. Sivinhoe :. Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Coll.). 



Dryonastes caerulatus (Hodgs.}. 



Dryonastes caerulatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 461 (18S3) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 75 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs 

 Ind. Birds, i. p. 46 (1889) ; Nchrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 61 (1899) ; 

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



The eggs of the Grey-sided Laughing-Thrush are of a somewhat 

 narrow, pointed oval form. They have a considerable amount of 

 gloss and are of a rather deep blue colour. They measure from 1'05 

 to 1'33 in length, and from '75 to -85 in breadth. 



1. India. Crowley Bequest. 



1. India (Nehrkorn Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 

 4. Sikhim (/. Gammie}. Hume Coll. 



2. Near Darjiling, 15th June (J. G.). Hume Coll. 

 19. Mongphoo, Darjiling, 15th June Hume Coll. 



(J. G.}. 

 25. Mongphoo (J. G.}. Hume Coll. 



Genus CRATEROPUS, Swains. 



The eggs of this genus are glossy and spotless, and in colour vary 

 from a very pale to a rather deep shade of blue. 



Crateropus bicolor, Jard. 

 (Plate I. fig. 9.) 



Crateropus bicolor, Andersson, Birds Damara-land, p. 121 (1872) ; Sharpe, 

 ed. Layard, Birds 8. Africa, p. 210 (1875-84); id. Cat. Birds. B. M. 

 vii. p. 475 (1885) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 61 (1899) ; Stark 

 Sdater, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, ii. p. 59 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. 

 p. 23 (1903). 



Two eggs of the Pied Babbler in the Collection are elliptical in 

 shape, of a delicate pale blue colour, and somewhat glossy. They 

 measure 1-05 by '75 ; TOO by -73 respectively. 



2. Ovampo-land, S.W. Africa, 16th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 

 (C. J. Andersson). 



Crateropus hartlaubi, Bocage. 

 Crateroi 



(1903). 

 The eggs of Hartlaub's Babbler are glossy, departing but little 



