42 TIMELIID^l. 



number of underlying pale purple markings scattered over the shell, 

 but chiefly at the larger end. The eggs vary from *70 to '80 in 

 length, and from *55 to *61 in breadth. 



3. Himalayas. W. Kadclifte Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. Mongphoo, Darjiling, 3rd May Hume Coll. 



(J. Gammie). 



1. Mongphoo (J. G.). Hume Coll, 



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



2. Mongphoo (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



3. Mongphoo ( J. G.). Hume Coll. 

 3. Mongphoo (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



1. N. Cachar Hills. 21st April. W. Radcliffe Saunders. Esq. 



[P.]. 



* Alcippe morrisonia, Swirih. 



Alcippe morrisonia, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1863, p. 296; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. 



p. 44 (1903). 

 Alcippe morrisoniana, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 621 (1883). 



The eggs of the Formosan Babbler apparently vary to nearly the 

 same extent as those of A. nipalensis, and they are referable both 

 as to form and coloration, with slight modifications, to one or other 

 of the types of eggs of that species. They measure from '65 to '77 

 in length, and from -52 to *6 in breadth. 



5. Formosa (P. A. Hoist}. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Formosa, 12th April (P. A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Formosa, 13th April (P. A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Formosa, 14th April (P. A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Formosa, 19th April (P. A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Formosa, 23rd May (P. A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Formosa, 26th May (P. A. H.}. Seebohm Coll. 



Alcippe phaeocephala (Jerd.). 

 (Plate IV. fig. 7.) 



Alcippe phaeocephala, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. G22 (1883) ; Gates, 

 Fauna Brit. Incl, Birds, i. p. 158 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ 

 Ecjgs 2nd. Birds, i. p. 106 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 65 

 (1899). 



Alcippe pceocephala, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 44 (1903). 



The eggs of the Nilghiri Babbler are of a broad, blunt oval form 

 and glossy. The colouring is fairly uniform throughout the series. 

 The ground-colour varies from a pale pink to a salmon-pink, and 

 this is blotched and clouded with two shades of purplish carmine. 

 There are, in addition, on almost every egg, a number of spots and 

 hair-lines of a still darker shade, and also large clouds and smears 

 of pale underlying lavender. The markings on a few eggs form 

 a cap at the larger end, but as a rule they are very evenly 

 distributed over the shell. Specimens vary from '73 to *85 in 

 length, and from '57 to '65 in breadth. 



