156 TURDID.E. 



4. Pegu, 28th May (E. W. O). Hume Coll. 



1. Pegu, 5th June (E. W. O.). Gates Coll. 

 4. Meplay, Tenasserim, 10th April Hume Coll. 



(C. T. Bingham). 



2. Tavoy, Tenasserim (J. Darling}. Hume Coll. 



1. Tavoy, 17th April (J. D.}. Hume Coll. 

 4. Tavoy, 17th April (J. D.). Hume Coll. 



Cittocincla luzoniensis (Kittl.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 15.) 



Cittocincla luzoniensis, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 91 (1883) j 

 Grant $ Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 239, pi. vi. fig. 4 ; Sharpe. Hand-l. 

 iv. p. 162 (1903). 



In the Collection are two pairs of the eggs of the Philippine 

 Shama ; they are not separable from those of the Indian species. 

 They measure respectively : '8 by *6 ; *81 by *6 ; -89 by '61 ; 

 9 by 61. 



2. Engaiio, N.E. Luzon, 27th April. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Engano, 26th May. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus COSSYPHA, Vig. 



Cossypha caffra (Linn.). 



Cussyph acaffra, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 224 (1875-84) ; 

 id. Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 39 (1883) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 51 (1899) ; Stark $ Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 213 

 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 163 (1903). 



The eggs of the Cape Chat-Thrush, or Cape " Kobin," are of a 

 long oval shape and moderately glossy. They are buff or cream- 

 coloured, mottled and clouded with dull pale rufous, chiefly at the 

 broad end, where a large cap is often formed by the markings. 

 They measure from -9 to 1-0 in length, and from '62 to *7 in breadth. 



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

 5. South Africa (E. L. Layard}. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Transvaal ( T. Ayres : Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. De Wet's Farm, 2nd Oct. Capt. G. E. H. Barrett- 



Hamilton [P.]. 



2. Cape Colony (T. Atmore: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll). 



Genus PSEUDOCOSSYPHUS, Sharpe. 

 Pseudocossyphus sharpei (Gray). 



Cossypha sharpei, Milne-Edwards $ Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., 

 Ois. i. p. 3(39 (1879) ; Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 148 

 (1882). 



Pseudocossyphus sharpii, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 22 (1883). 



P^eudocossyphus sharpei, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 166 (1903). 



As with the eggs of Moussier's Redstart, already described (p. 142), 



