150 



those of L. brunnea, but are rather longer. They are of a regular 

 oval shape, slightly glossy, and of a plain blue colour. They measure 

 respectively : -81 by -6 ; -78 by -59. 



2. Hondo, Japan, 24th May. Crowley Bequest. 



Larvivora brunnea, Hodgs. 

 (Plate VII. fig. 4.) 



Erithacus brunneus, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 302 (1881) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 39 (1899). 

 Larvivora brunnea, Oates, Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 182 (1889) ; id. 



ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 127 (1889) ; Osmaston, 



Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 71 (1897), p. 468 (1898) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 157 (1903). 



The eggs referred by Mr. Hume (I. c.) to the Indian Blue Chat 

 now prove to be those of some other bird. Nehrkorn's description 

 of the egg is incorrect, as he himself suggests. 



Authentic eggs taken by Mr. Osmaston are of a pointed oval shape 

 and moderately glossy. They are of a delicate spotless blue colour, 

 and measure respectively : -73 by '57 ; "75 by -55 ; -77 by '56 ; 

 76 by -6. 



Tons Valley, Himalayas, June. B. B. Osmaston, Esq. [P.], 



Genus ADELURA, Bonap. 



Adelura cseruleocephala ( Vig.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 8.) 



Ruticilla CEerulocephala, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 353 (1881). 

 Adelura cceruleicephala, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 108 (1890) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 69 (1890). 

 Adelura caeruleocephala, Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 58 ; Sharpe. 



Hand-l. iv. p. 157 (1903). 



The eggs of the Blue-headed Eedstart in the Collection, taken by 

 Colonel R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay in Afghanistan, are somewhat similar 

 to the eggs of Phoenicurus frontalis taken by Mr. Osmaston, but the 

 ground-colour is more creamy white than pink, arid they are some- 

 what rounder in shape, as will be seen from the measurements of the 

 three specimens, which are respectively : '7 by '54 ; -7 by -55 ; 

 69 by -55. 



Mr. Hume, on the other hand, records the finding of an egg of 

 this species on the 16th April in the Himalayas. He describes it 

 as being of a uniform pale delicate blue colour, and measuring 

 83 by '62. There was probably some mistake made about this 

 egg, as Mr. Hume himself appears to suggest (I. c.). 



3 Afghanistan, 22nd May (R. G. Seebohm Coll. 



Wardlaw Ramsay}. 



