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4. Sind. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Hansi, July. Plume Coll. 

 3. Hansi, Aug. Hume Coll. 



3. The Dhoon. Hume Coll. 



2. Agra, 3rd Aug. (A. O. Hume: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



1 . Agra, 3rd Aug. Hume Coll. 



2. Agra, 21st Aug. Hume Coll. 

 1. Hoshungabad, 22nd July. Hume Coll. 

 1. Dhulia, Khandesh, 7th Sept. Hume Coll. 



23. Jhansi, July & Aug. ( F. R. Bleivitt). Hume Coll. 



1. Jhansi, 16th July (F. R. B.}. Hume Coll. 



2. Jhansi, 7th Aug. (F. R. B.}. Hume Coll. 



4. Jhansi, 7th Aug. (F. R. B.}. Hume Coll. 



5. Jhansi, Aug. Hume Coll. 

 4. Jhansi, Aug. Hume Coll. 

 2. Saugor, C. Provinces, 29th July. Hume Coll. 

 4. Saugor, 3rd Aug. Hume Coll. 

 2. Saugor, 7th Aug. Hume Coll. 



2. Saugor, 7th Aug. Hume Coll. 

 1. Eaipur, C. Provinces. Hume Coll. 



3. Pegu, June (E. W. Oates). Gates Coll. 

 3. Pegu, Aug. (R W. 0.). Hume Coll. 



PyctorMs nasalis, Legge. 



Pyctorhis nasalis, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 512, pi. 34. fi<r. 4 (1879) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 512 (1883); Oates, Fauna Brit. 

 Ind., Birds, i. p. 138 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, 

 i. p. 98 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 26 (1903). 



The eggs of the Ceylon Yellow-eyed Babbler in the Collection 

 closely resemble those of the first type of the preceding species, 

 being somewhat thickly spotted and blotched with rich reddish 

 brown. They measure respectively : '71 by 57 ; '72 by -57. 



2. Ceylon, 10th April (A. L. Butler). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus OPHRYDORNIS, Buttikofer. 



Ophrydornis albigularis (Blyth). 



'(Plate I. fig. 22.) 



Dumetia albogularis, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 505 (1879). 



Dumetia albigularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 514 (1883); 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 134 (1889); id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 94 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 62 (1899). 



Ophrydornis albigularis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 27 (1903). 



The eggs of the Small White-throated Babbler are of an elon- 

 gated oval form, and glossy. The ground is white, occasionally 

 tinged with pink, and this is closely speckled with a profusion of 

 deep reddish-brown spots, which are more frequent at the larger 

 end than elsewhere and form a zone or cap, more or less distinct. 



