DEXDROCITTA. CRYPSIK1IINA. 487 



Dendrocitta sinensis (Lath.}. 



Dendrocitta sinensis, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1808, p. 02, 1870, p. 351 ; id., P. Z. 6'. 

 1871, p. 382; Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 81 (1877); id. y 

 Hand- 1. v. p. 608 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamuil. p. 300 (1910). 



An egg of the Chinese Tree-Pie does not differ in any way from 

 eggs otD.frontalis described above. 



1. Amoy, China (R. Stvinhoe). Seebohui Coll. 



Dendrocitta cinerascens, 

 (Plate XXII. fig. 7.) 



Dendrocitta cinerascens, Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 250, 1889, p. 81 ; id., 

 Hand-l. v. p. 008 (1909). 



An egg of the Kina Balu Tree-Pie is much like that of Pica pica. 

 The ground is greenish- white, liuely spotted all over with two 

 shades of umber-brown and lilac-grey, the markings being, however, 

 chiefly concentrated round the larger end, where they form a dense 

 zone almost hiding the ground-colour. It measures 1'2 by '89. 



1. Kina Balu, N. Borneo, 13th March Crowley Bequest. 

 {J. Whitehead) . 



Genus CRYPSIRHINA, Vieill. 

 Crypsirhina varians (Lath.). 



Crypsirhina varians, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 83 (1877) ; Oates, 

 Sir. F. v. p. 159 (1877) ; id., Birds Burmah, i. p. 401 (1883) ; 

 id., Faun. Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 35 (1889) j Oates, ed. Hume, 

 Nests Sf Egys Ind. Birds, i. p. 25 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 608 

 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 360, pi. i. tig. 3 (1910). 



Eggs of the Black Racket-tailed Magpie are precisely like that of 

 Dendrocitta cinerascens described above, but are much smaller. 

 They vary in length from -88 to T09, and in breadth from -68 to 

 75. 



3. Pegu, 7th June (E. W. Oates). Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 7th June (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



4. Pegu, 10th June (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 

 4. Pegu, 25th June (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



3. Pegu, 25th June (E: W. O.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Pegu, 4th July (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 6th July (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



3. Pegu, 2nd June (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



1. Pegu, 12th July (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



2. Pegu, loth July (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



