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finely and evenly speckled all over with pale rufous. The eggs are 

 of a regular or sometimes slightly broadened oval form, and measure 

 from -84 to -87 in length, and from -62 to -65 in breadth. 



4. Sikhim, 4th May (J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



1. Mongphoo, Dariiling, 17th April Hume Coll. 



(J. 0. ). 



2. Himalayas. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Tenasserim, 1st March (C. T. Hume Coll. 



Bingham). 



1. Tenasserim, 1st March (C. T. B.}. Hume Coll. 

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



17th April (/. D. La Touche). 



Henicurus guttatus, Gould. 



Henicurus guttatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 316 (1883) ; Gates, 

 Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, ii. p. 84 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests fy 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 58 (1890); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 58 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 149 (1903). 



The more highly-coloured eggs of the Eastern Spotted Fork-tail 

 bear a general resemblance to those of H. leschenaulti, but the 

 typical eggs are paler in tint, the creamy or light stone-coloured 

 ground being more closely freckled and streaked, and in some 

 cases clouded and spotted at the larger end, with dull reddish and 

 yellowish brown. Small spots of a darker brown occur on several 

 of the eggs of the H. leschenaulti type, and there are purplish blotches 

 underlying the cap, where one is present, at the broad end. 



In shape the eggs vary from a slightly elongated to a broad oval. 

 They measure from '86 to 1*00 in length, and from *65 to '70 in 

 breadth. 



3, Himalayas. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Mongphoo, Darjiling (J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



2. Mongphoo, 6th May (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



2. Mongphoo, 7th May (J. (?.). Hume Coll. 



Henicurus maculatus, rig. 



Henicurus maculatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 31.7 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 83 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eggs 

 Ind. Birds, ii. p. 57 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 58 (1899) j 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 149 (1903). 



The eggs of the Western Spotted Fork-tail are not separable from 

 those of H. leschenaulti and H. guttatus. Four examples measure 

 respectively : '91 by -67; '9 by '65; -95 by '7; '93 by '7. 



2. Mussoorie, Himalayas (T. Hutton). Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 17th April ( W. E. ' Crowley Bequest, 



Brooks: Tristram Coll.). 

 1. Kashmir, 30th June ( W. E. B. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



