CAMPKICOLA. CATHARTJS. 1 / 6 



such advantage as those of /S. leucura. They measure from '84 to 

 95 in length, and from -62 to -66 in breadth. 



1. Jericho, 12th April (H. B. Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram). 



2. Jericho, 15th April (J. H. Coch- Crowley Bequest. 



rane : Tristram Coll.). 

 4. Jericho, 22nd April (H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CAMPICOLA, Swains. 



Campicola pileata (Gm.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 10.) 



Saxicola pileata, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 238 (1875-84) ; 



Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M . v. p. 397 (1881) ; Nehrk.Kat.Eiersamml. 



p. 41 (1899); Stark $ Sclater, Fauna 8. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 196 



(1901). 

 Campicola pileata, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 180 (1903). 



Eggs of the Black-hooded Chat are of a pale greenish-white 

 colour, without markings of any sort. They are large compared 

 with the size of the bird, of a broad oval form, pointed at the small 

 end, and rather glossy. Size from *87 to '98 in length by from -67 

 to '73 in breadth. These measurements are considerably less 

 than those given by Layard and by Stark (I. c.), viz. I'OO by -75 ; 

 but the Museum series contains one or two unusually small 

 specimens. 



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



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



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



Coll.). 



1. Namaqualand. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CATHARUS, Bonap. 



Cathams melpomene (Cab.). 



Catharus melpomene, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 362 ; Scl. $ Salv. Ibis, 1860, 

 p. 29 ; Salv. $ Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 2 (1879) ; 

 Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v.p. 288 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml 

 p. 39 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 180 (1903). 



Eggs of the Common Central-American Thrush-Robin vary in 

 shape from a short to a long oval, and in colour from greenish-grey 

 to bluish-green, and are marked with specks, clouds, and very 

 small blotches of pale rufous and underlying lilac and purple. In 

 some cases the markings are somewhat evenly and thickly distri- 

 buted, concealing much of the ground-colour, especially towards the 

 broad end ; in others the blotches are larger and fewer in number. 



