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with under-markings of pale lavender, spotted and blotched irregu- 

 larly, but sparingly, with pale and dark brown, the dark brown 

 markings varying a good deal in size and shape. One egg is some- 

 what thickly covered with pale brown, but has hardly any of the 

 darker colour. They measure from *80 to '84 in length, and from 

 60 to -66 in breadth. 



1. Sikhim, 17th May (L. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 



1. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, May C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



(J. D. La Touche). 



2. Kuatun, 12th May (J. D. La C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



Touche). 



Scaeorhynchus ruficeps (Blyth). 



Suthora ruficeps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 491 (1883) ; Nehrk. 



Eat. Eiersamml p. 62 (1899). 

 Scaeorhynchus ruficeps, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 68 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs 2nd. Birds, i. p. 43 (1889) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-L iv. p. 71 (1903). 



The three eggs of the Larger Red-headed Suthora in the Col- 

 lection very closely resemble the egg of Conostoma cemodium in 

 colour, but are very much smaller. They measure respectively: 

 85 by -62 ; -8 by -65 ; -8 by -6. 



3. Sikhim, 2000 feet, 15th May Hume Coll. 



(J. Gammie). 



Family TROGLODYTID^E. 



Genus HELEODYTES, Cab. 



Heleodytes variegatus (Gm.). 



Campylorhynchus variegatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 188 (1881). 

 Heleodytes variegatus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 73 (1903). 



An egg in the Collection said to be that of the Brazilian Cactus- 

 Wren is of a regular oval form, slightly blunted, and almost devoid 

 of gloss. It is cream-coloured, speckled with pale lilac-red, the 

 markings being dense on the broad end and forming a zone round 

 that part. It measures 1*03 by -71. 



1. [Brazil.] Crowley Bequest. 



Heleodytes capistratus (Less.). 



Campylorhynchus rufinucha, Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 191. 



Campylorhynchus capistratus, Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 317 ; Salv. fy Godm. 



Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 64 (1880) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 



vi. p. 191 (1881). 



Heleodytes capistratus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv, p. 73 (1903). 

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