30 TIMELIID2E. 



The ground is white, and this is pretty thickly speckled arid 

 blotched, more so at the thicker end than elsewhere, with reddish 

 brown and chocolate-brown. Intermingled with these markings 

 are numerous small spots of underlying pale purple. The eggs 

 measure from -7 to -75 in length, and from -55 to '6 in breadth. 



3. Pegu, 4th April (E. W. Oates}. Gates Coll. 



2. Pegu, 16th April (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



2. Pegu, 4th July (E. W. 0.). Oates Coll. 



1. Pegu, 14th July (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



1. Pegu, 28th July (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



1. Siam (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Timelia bengalensis, Godiv.-Aust. 



Timelia pileata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 507 (1883) [part.] ; 



Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 90 (1889) [part., 



Calcutta]. 

 Timelia bengalensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 26 (1903). 



The eggs of the Bengal Red-capped Babbler are indistinguishable 

 from those of T. jerdoni. 



2. Calcutta, 14th Aug. (J. C. Parker}. Hume Coll. 



1. Akyab, 17th April (E. R. Shopland). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus IYCTORHIS, Hodcjs. 



Pyctorhis sinensis (Gmel.). 

 (Plate I. figs. 16 & 18.) 



Pyctorhis sinensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 510 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 137 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 95 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 62 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 26 (1903). 



The eggs of the Yellow-eyed Babbler are mostly of a short 

 broad oval form, very frequently almost spherical, and very glossy. 

 The ground varies from a pinkish white to a rich salmon-pink, 

 with underlying spots and blotches of lavender-grey. The surface- 

 markings are of a rich chestnut, reddish-brown or maroon colour, 

 and vary much in shape and distribution over the shell. In one, 

 not uncommon, type, these consist of dots and small specks, and 

 occasionally streaks, thickly spread over the whole egg. In another 

 type, the markings consist of large confluent clouds, smears and 

 blotches, combined with a few lines. In a third type, the markings 

 consist of well-defined spots, scrawls, and hieroglyphic-like figures, 

 somewhat sparingly distributed over the shell. The eggs measure 

 from -65 to '8 in length, and from -53 to -68 in breadth. 



