PLA.TYSMTJRUS. GARRULUP. 489 



darker lilac-grey. They measure respectively : 1'44 by 1*0 ; 1*42 

 by -99 ; and 1-39 by - ( .>0. 



2. Mazatlan, Sinaloa, W. Mexico Crowley Bequest. 



(A. Forrer). 

 1. Mazatlan (A. F.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus PLATYSMURUS, llcichenb. 

 Platysmurus aterrimus (Temm.). 



Platysmurus aterrimus, Sharps, Cat, Birds B. M. iii. p. 91 (1877) : id.. 

 Hand-l. v. p. 610 (1909). 



An egg of the Black Bornean Jay is of a broad oval shape and 

 apparently without gloss. The ground is white, finely spotted all 

 over, but especially towards the larger end where the markings form 

 a rather dense cap, with yellowish-brown and grey, the latter colour 

 greatly predominating. 



1. Barani Dist., N. Borneo, 21st June. Dr. C. Hose [P.], 



Genus GARRULUS, Brisson. 



Garrulus glandarius (Linn.). 



Corvus glandarius, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Vog. tab. xli. figs. 6, a-f 



(1845-54). 

 Garrulus glandarius, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 50. fig. 17 (1855-63) : 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 93 (1877) [part.]; Newton, Ootheca 



Woileyana, pt. ii. p. 493 (1902) [part.] ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, i. 



p. 411 (1902) [part.] ; Rey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. i. p. 371 (1904), 



pi. 46. figs. 1-6 (1900) ; Dresser, Eggs Birds Europe, pts. xi. & xii. 



p. 421 (1908) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 611 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 



samml. p. 361 (1910). 

 Garrulus glandarius glandarius, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 29 (1903) ; 



Jourd. Eyys Europ. Birds, i. p. 26, pi. 7. tigs. 1-6 (1906). 



Eggs of the European Jay are of an oval shape and glossy. The 

 ground varies from pale green to pale buff, and is finely freckled 

 all over the shell with lighter or darker umber-brown and lilac- 

 grey. Some specimens have the ground almost completely hidden 

 by the markings, while in others it is plainly visible and the 

 markings are comparatively few : in some clutches a well-marked 

 zone of concentrated spots is found round the broader end, and 

 occasionally round the smaller end. Irregular black hair-lines are 

 often present. They measure from 1-22 to 1-3 in length, and 

 from '85 to "95 in breadth. 



6. Valkenswaard, Holland, 10th May Seebohm Coll. 

 (H. Seebohm). 



5. Valkenswaard, 19th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Valkenswaard, 28th May (//. &), Seebohm Coll. 



