43f) DICRUEID^. 



blotches of deep chocolate-brown and purplish-grey, most of the 

 markings being confined to the larger end. In the second type 

 the ground is pinkish-white or pale pink, blotched and spotted 

 with light red and pale lavender-grey, the markings, though most 

 numerous at the larger end, being also distributed over the rest of 

 the shell. They vary from 1 to 1*1 in length, and from '75 to '79 

 in breadth. 



3. Margherita, Assam, 15th May. E. 0. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 

 2 Margherita, 22nd May. E. C. Stuart Raker, Esq., ft 



Dr. H. Coltart [P.]- 



4. Margherita, 1st June. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. 



[C.]. 



3. Margherita, 1st June. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq., & 



Dr. II. Coltart [P.]. 



Genus CHIBIA, Hodgson. 



Chibia hottentotta (Linn.). 



Chibia hottentotta, Swinhoc, Ibis, 1861, p. 411, 18G3, p. 96; SJtarpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. iii. p. 235 (1877) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind. Birds, i. 



p. 320 (1889) ; Gates, ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, \. p. 213 



(1889); Nehrk, Eat. Eiersamml. p. 19(1899), p. 354 (1910); 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 557 (1909). 

 Chibia brevirostris, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 378 ; Nehrk. t. c. p. 20. 



The eggs of the Hair-crested Drongo are typically of a pointed 

 oval shape, but some have the smaller end blunt or rounded. The 

 majority are devoid of gloss, but a few exhibit some trace of it. 

 The colour is extremely variable. The ground ranges from greyish- 

 white to pinkish-white and pale salmon-pink. The markings are 

 of many types. In one they consist of a few faint specks, barely 

 visible till the egg is closely examined ; in another the egg is 

 closely stippled all over with pale lilac and rufous; in another the 

 markings consist of specks and spots of pale chestnut and lavender, 

 which often form a cap at the broad end ; in a fourth type the shell 

 is closely speckled and spotted with lavender, umber-brown and 

 rufous ; and lastly, there is another type in which the egg is 

 densely spotted, streaked and blotched with pale chestnut and 

 lavender, the markings generally forming an irregular cap. A 

 few specimens have, moreover, some minute round black specks at 

 the broad end. The eggs measure from I'Ol to 1-3 in length, and 

 from -78 to '86 in breadth. 



1. Darjilmg, Sikhim, 14th May (J. Hume Coll. 



Gammie). 



2. Mong-phoo, Darjiling, 5th June Hume Coll. 



(J. G.). 



2. Sikhim Terai, 26th April. Hume Coll. 



2. Sikhim Terai, 7th May. Hume Coll. 



3. Sikhim Terai, 8th May. Hume Coll. 

 2. Sikhim Terai, 13th May. Hume Coll. 



