NOTODELA. THAMNOBIA. 151 



Genus NOTODELA, Less. 

 Notodela leucura (Hodgs.). 



Notodela leucura, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 23 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 112 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 70 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 51 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 157 (1903). 



The eggs of the White-tailed Blue Robin appear to be generally 

 of a rather broad oval shape, pointed at the smaller end, but some 

 of them incline towards a spheroidal form. They are not very 

 glossy, and are of several shades of pinkish cream, or, as Mr. Hume 

 remarks (1. c.), of a cafe-au-lait colour : though all are apparently 

 spotless, an ordinary reading-glass discloses the existence, in one 

 specimen very distinctly, of an obscure mottling or freckling of pale 

 reddish brown on a light ground, so that we may assume that the 

 darker eggs owe their extra colour to a dense mottling of a similar 

 nature. In size the eggs measure from '85 to *92 in length, and 

 from *65 to '70 in breadth. 



2. Mongphoo, Darjiling, May Hume Coll. 



(J. Gammie). 



1. Mongphoo, May (J. G). Hume Coll. 



1. Darjiling, 8th May (L. MandeUi). Hume Coll. 



1. Darjiling, 15th May (L. M.). Hume Coll. 



1. Darjiling, 10th June (L. M.). Hume Coll. 



2. Darjiling, 14th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Darjiling, 22nd June. Hume Coll. 



Genus THAMNOBIA (Swains.). 



Thamnobia cambaiensis (Lath.). 



Thamnobia cambaiensis, Beavan, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 376; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. vii. p. 55 (1883) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. 

 p. 114 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 71 

 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 51 (1899) j Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. 

 p. 158 (1903). 



Eggs of the Brown-backed Indian Robin resemble those of 

 T. fulicata, and cannot be separated from them by any character. 

 Iji size they vary from *72 to '88 in length, and from 48 to *67 in 

 breadth. 



2. Hansi, Punjab, 1st April. Hume Coll. 



1. Hansi, 3rd April. Hume Coll. 



3. Delhi, 23rd April ( C. T. Bingham). Hume Coll. 



2. Delhi, 19th June (C. T. B.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Saharanpur, 28th April. Hume Coll. 



1. Bareilly, 15th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Bareilly, 24th May. Hume Coll. 

 2. Bareilly, 5th June. Hume Coll. 

 2. Bareilly, 28th Aug. Hume Coll. 



2. Agra, 16th June. Hume Coll. 



3. Agra, 19th June. ' Hume Coll. 



