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broad end, where the markings are larger and more thickly gathered 

 together. Three examples measure respectively : -8 by -57 ; '84 

 by -57 ; '79 by -58. 



'}. Mindanao, Philippine Island- 5 , April. Tnnvley Bequest. 



Genus MYIOPHONEITS, Temm. 



The eggs of this genus may be briefly described as of a longish 

 oval form, with little gloss, and of a pale greenish or greyish-white 

 to pinkish ground-colour, more or less freckled and spotted with 

 pinkish and yellowish brown. 



Myiophoneus temmincki, Vlg. 



Myiophoneus temmincki. Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 7 (188-'>) ; 

 Gates, Fauna Brit. ' Ind., Birds, i. p. 178 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests & Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 120 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml, 

 p. 50 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-L iv. p. 54 (1903). 



The eggs of the Himalayan Whistling-Thrush are chiefly of an 

 elongated oval form, and slightly glossy. They are greyish or 

 greenish white, freckled all over with minute specks of pale pink, 

 brownish pink, and lavender-grey. In the majority of specimens 

 these markings are very dense and confluent at the large end, 

 forming an ill-defined cap or zone of darker colour. A few are also 

 marked with some spots of yellowish brown. The eggs measure 

 from 1*22 to 1*52 in length, and from -9 to 1-04 in breadth. 



.'!. Murdan, Punjab, 4th May. Hume Coll. 



3. Himalayas. Hume Coll. 



1. Dharmsala, Himalayas, 20th May. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Dharmsala, May. Hume Coll. 



3. Simla Hills, 2nd July. Hume Coli. 

 1. Simla, May. Hume Coll. 

 1. Simla, June. Hume Coll. 

 1. Koomarsain, Himalayas, 14th May. Hume Coll. 

 7. Kotegarh, 30th April Hume Coll. 



1. Kotegarh, May. Hume Coll. 



2. Kotegarh, 5th May. Hume Coll. 



3. Kotegarh, 8th May. Hume Coll. 

 3. Kotegarh, 9th Mt.y. Hume Coll. 



10. Kotegarh, 5th June. Hume Coll. 



2. Mussoorie (T. Hidton}. Hume Coll. 



1. Darjiling, Sikhirn. Hume Coll. 



1. Darjiling, June. Hume Coll. 



1. Darjiling, 18th April (J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



1. Darjiling, 21st May ' (J. G.\ Hume Coll. 



1. Darjiling, 18th April (J. G.}. Ciowley Bequest. 



