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ground-colour varies from a pale greenish or bluish-white to a rather 

 darker shade of the same colour, and this is somewhat coarsely 

 speckled, streaked, and often blotched with bright chestnut and 

 lilac, the markings of the latter colour being inconspicuous and 

 underlying those af the former. The markings are sparse in some 

 specimens, dense in others, and they are generally more thickly set 

 about the larger end, where they form an irregular cap or zone, 

 sometimes a rich and handsome one. Examples vary from '61 to 

 76 in length, and from *5 to *58 in breadth. 



2. Dharmsala, Kashmir, 20th April. Hume Coll. 

 i. Almora, Himalayas, 1st March. Hume Coll. 



33. Sind. Hume Coll. 



3. Sind, 21st March. Hume Coll. 

 1. Sind, 27th March. Hume Coll. 



4. Sultanpur, 10th May. Hume Coll. 

 3. Delhi, 27th March. Hume Coll. 

 3. Delhi, 9th June. Hume Coll. 

 1. Etawah, 2nd March. Hume Coll. 



1. Sholapur, 21st June (J. Davidson). Hume Coll. 



2. Peg-u, 20th March (E. W. Oates). Gates Coll. 



3. Java, Sept. (J. Whitehead). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Tosari, Java, 5th Sept. ( J. White- Crowley Bequest. 

 head). 



Pratincola atrata, Kelaart. 



Pratincola caprata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 195, part. (1879). 



Pratincola bicolor, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 430 (1879). 



Pratincola atrata, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 60 (1890) ; id. ed. 



Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 46 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iv. p. 173 (1903). 



The eggs of the Southern Pied Bush-Chat resemble those of 

 P. capralct, but are larger, and perhaps a trifle brighter and richer 

 in their markings. They measure from *65 to '8 in length, and 

 from -55 to -6 in breadth. 



4. Southern India, 26th March. Hume Coll. 



3. Nilghiri Hills. Hume Coll. 



3. Nilp-hiri Hills, 16th Feb. Hume Coll. 



11. Nilghiri Hills, April. Hume Coll. 



17. Coonoor, Nilghiri Hills, March. Hume Coll. 



3. Coonoor, 3rd March. Hume Coll. 

 7. Coonoor, 17th March. Hume Coll. 

 1. Coonoor, 12th April. Hume Coll. 

 1. Coonoor, 14th April. Hume Coll. 



4. Ootacamund, Nilghiri Hills, llth Hume Coll. 



March. 



1. Curzon, Nilghiri Hills, 15th April. Hume Coll. 

 1. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 7th Hume Coll. 



March (Miss Cockburn). 



1. Neddivutum, Madras, 26th March. Hume Coll, 

 4. Bramaghiri Hills, Coorg, 18th Hume Coll. 



April. 



