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4. Kotegarh, Himalayas, 30th April. Hume Coll. 



4. Kotegarh, 29th June. Hume Coll. 



1. N.W. Himalayas, May ( W. E. Crowley Bequest. 



Brooks: Tristram Coll.}. 



1. N.W. Himalayas. Crowley Bequest. 



Petrophila rupestris ( Vieill.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 2.) 



Monticola rupestris, Sharpe, ed. Layartfs Birds S. Africa, p. 219 (1875- 

 84) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 322 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 40 (1899) ; Stark $ Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, 

 ii. p. 181 (1901). 



Petrophila rupestris, Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 144 (1903). 



There are three eggs of the Cape Kock-Thrush in the Collection. 

 One example is of a bluish-white colour, very sparingly speckled 

 with dark brown ; another is of a pale blue colour, mottled with 

 pale rufous at the broad end ; and another resembles in coloration 

 the eggs of P. cinclorJiyncha. These three specimens measure 

 respectively : 1-07 by '8 ; 1-04 by '71 ; 1'05 by '78. 



1. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



2. South Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Petrophila erythrogaster ( Vig.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 3.) 



Monticola erythrogaster, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 325 (1881) ; 



La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 179. 

 Petrophila erythrogastra, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 143 (1890) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 102 (1890). 

 Petrophila erythrogaster, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 145 (1903). 



An egg of the Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush in the Collection is 

 of a very regular oval shape and moderately glossy. It is of a pale 

 creamy-buff colour, freckled all over with very faint brownish pink. 

 It measures 1'05 by '79. It appears, from what Mr. La Touche 

 writes (I. c.\ that this egg was addled, and it may therefore be 

 somewhat discoloured and not of a typical character. 



1. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, 3500 feet, C. B. Kickett, Esq. [P.]. 

 21st May (J. D. La Touche). 



Genus ACCENTOK, Bechst. 

 Accentor himalayanus (BlytTi). 



Accentor himalayanus, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 168 (1890) 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 145 (1903). 

 Accentor altaicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 660 (1883) ; Tacz. 



Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, i. p. 223 (1891) ; Nekrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 65 (1899). 



