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well-defined cap. Examples measure from *99 to 1'07 in length, 

 and from '73 to -81 in breadth. 



1. Himalayas (Nehrkorn Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Mussoorie, Himalayas (T. Huttori). Hume Coll. 



3. Sikhim, July. Hume CoU. 



1. Pegu, 22nd May (E. W. Gates). Gates Coll. 



1. Pegu, 10th June (E. W. O.). Gates Coll. 



1. Pegu, 22nd May (E. W. O.}. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Pegu, 10th June (E. W. O.). Seebohm Coll. 



Geocichla wardi (Jerd.). 

 (Plate YI. fig. 12.) 



Turdus wardii, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 453 (1880). 



Geocichla wardi, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 178 (1881) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 137 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 97 (1890) ; Seebohm, Mon. Turdidce, i. p. 89 

 (1898) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 35 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. 

 p. 133 (1903). 



The egg of the Pied Ground-Thrush in the Collection is almost 

 elliptical in shape and possesses a fair amount of gloss. It is of a 

 very pale bluish-white colour, spotted, streaked and blotched, more 

 thickly at the large end than elsewhere, with ruddy brown and 

 underlying lilac-grey. The egg measures 1-00 by '72. 



1. Naini Tal, Himalayas, 22nd May Hume Coll. 

 (G. F. L. Marshall}. 



Genus CICHLOSELYS, Bonap. 

 Cichloselys sibiricus (Pall.). 



Turdus sibiricus, Dresser, Birds Fur. ii. p. 87 (1876). 

 Geocichla sibirica, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 180 (1881) ; id. Brit. 

 Birds, i. p. 204 (1883) ; id. Birds Japan. Fmp. p. 44 (1890) ; Oates, 



p. 494 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1901, p. 447, pi. ix. tigs. 13-16. 

 Oreocincla sibiricus, Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 282 (1891). 

 Cichloselys sibiricus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 133 (1903). 



The eggs of the Siberian Ground-Thrush in the Collection vary 

 from a regular to a blunt oval form and are not particularly glossy. 

 They are of varying shades of greenish blue, mottled and streaked 

 with pinkish or reddish brown and underlying purple-grey. In 

 one specimen the markings are larger than usual and well-defined, 

 allowing much of the ground-colour to be seen ; in the others they 

 are small, more or less confluent, and cover the greater portion of 

 the surface of the egg. In size they vary from 1-04 to 1'22 in 

 length, and from '76 to -88 in breadth. 



1. Lake Baikal (Dybowski). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Koko-nor, Tibet, 20th May, Crowley Bequest. \ 



3. Japan (H. Fryer). Seebohm Coll. 



