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Genus LIOPTILA, BltjtU. 



Lioptila capistrata ( Vig.) 

 (Plate I. fig. 5.) 



Malacias capistrata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 403 (1883) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamnd. p. 59 (1899). 

 Lioptila capistrata. Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 19G (1889) ; id. 



ed. Flume, Nesttify Eyys Ind. Birds, i. p. 133 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand- 1. 



iv. p. 59 (1903). 



The eggs of the Black-headed Sibia are of a blunt oval form, and 

 exhibit a little gloss. The ground-colour is of a pale greenish white, 

 and this is marked in a complicated manner : " first there are usually 

 a few, large, irregular, moderately dark brownish-red spots and 

 splashes ; then there are a very few, very dark, reddish-brown hair- 

 lines, such as one finds on Buntings' eggs ; then there is a good deal 

 of clouding and smudging here and there of pale, dingy purplish or 

 brownish-red (all these markings are most numerous towards the 

 large end) ; and then, besides ihese, and almost entirely confined 

 to the large end, are a few pale purple specks and spots. Sometimes 

 the markings are almost wholly confined to the thicker end of the 

 egg." (Hume.) Six eggs measure from *92 to 1 in length, and from 

 06 to '72 in breadth. 



1. Murri, 5th June (<?. It. Cock}. Hume Coll. 



1. Sikhiin (J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



2. Sikhiin (/. G.). Hume Coll. 

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



Lioptila gracilis ( 



(Plate 111. fig. 4.) 



Sibia gvacilis. Goclicin-Aust. J. A. S. Beng. xliii. pt. ii. p. 179 (187J). 



Malacias gracilii*, ti/iarpe, Cat. Bird* B. M. vii. p. 400 (1883). 



Lioptila gracilis, Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 197 (1889) ; id. ed. 



Hume, Nttstg fy Effgs Ind. Birds, i. p. 135 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iv. p. 59 (1903). 



The eggs of the Grey Sibia in the Collection are of a broad oval 

 form, exhibit a moderate amount of gloss, and are of 'a pale green 

 colour mottled all over with pale rufous and lilac. They measure 

 respectively : -86 by '71 ; '84 by '7. 



2. Uumin Yallev. Assam, 25th June. Col. II. II. Godwin-Austen 



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Lioptila melanoleuca (Bbjtli). 



Malacias melanoleuca, Sharpc. Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 40o (1883). 

 Lioptila melanoleuca., Oaf.es, Fauna Brit. Ind, Birds, i. p. 198 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume. Xenfs # JEf/t/s Ind. Birds, i. p. 135 (1889).; Sharpe, 



JIuntl-L iv. j). 09 (1903). 



