46 TIMELITD.E. 



The eggs of Hume's Tit-Babbler in the Collection vary from a 

 somewhat narrow to a broad oval form, and they have a fair amount 

 of gloss. The ground is of a very pale cream-colour, and this is 

 marked, first, with clouds and smears of pale yellowish brown, 

 secondly, with dots, lines and small blotches of dark purple-brown, 

 thirdly, with a number of inconspicuous clouds and blotches of very 

 pale lavender, chiefly towards the larger end of the egg. Six eggs 

 measure from '75 to *81 in length, and from *54 to '6 in breadth. 



3. Mt. Mooleyit, Tenasserim, Hume Coll. 



21st Feb. ( W. Davison). 

 3. Mt. Mooleyit, 25th Feb. ( W. Z>.). Hume Coll. 



Schoeniparus mandellii {Godwin- Austen). 



Minla mandellii, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 610 (1883). 

 Schceniparus mandellii, Oates, Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 169 (1889) ; 



Stuart Baker, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Sue. viii. p. 196 (1893;; 



Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 46 (1903). 



The eggs of Mandelli's Tit-Babbler are regularly oval, pointed 

 towards one end, and fairly glossy. They are grey, marked with 

 numerous blotches of pale brown, and also show some irregular lines 

 and spots of a darker shade of brown. The measurements of three 

 eggs are respectively : '8 by *6 ; -8 by *61 ; -82 by -61. 



3. Laisung, N. Cachar, 21st May. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus PSEUDOMINLA, Oates. 



Pseudominla castaneiceps (Hodgs.). 



(Plate II. fig. 15.) 



Minla castaneiceps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 608 (1883). 

 Sittiparus castaneiceps, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 172 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests fy Eygs 2nd. Birds, i. p. 118 (1889). 

 Pseudominla castaneiceps, Oates, Ibis, 1894, p. 480 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iv. p. 47 (1903). 



The eggs of the Chestnut-headed Tit-Babbler are of a pointed 

 oval form, and are almost devoid of gloss. The ground is white. 

 The three eggs procured in Tenasserim are rather thickly marked 

 with extremely minute reddish-brown dots, and round the larger 

 end of each is a very regular, well-defined zone, made up of these 

 dots and of some spots and smears of slate-grey. The egg procured 

 in Sikhim is thickly marked with spots and small blotches of purplish 

 brown and pale purple over the larger end, and with a few small 

 specks elsewhere. These four eggs measure respectively ; '68 by *51 ; 

 7 by -52 ; -72 by -53 ; -71 by -52. 



1. Sikhim, May (J. Gammie}. Hume Coll. 



3. Mooleyit Mountain, Tenasserim, Hume Coll. 



20th Feb. ( W. Davison). 



