THE BIRDS OF NORTH CACHAR, 202 
in fairly thick or evergreen forest; never I think, one in open country, 
The full complement of eggs is three, and less than this number I have 
never taken showing signs of incubation. 
In general appearance the eggs are hardly distinguishable from the 
paler type of egg of Acténodura egertoni. The ground-colour is a bright, 
pale green-blue, and the marks consist of pale reddish-brown lines and a 
few blots, blotches and specks of the same. ‘The lmes are of consider- 
able length, sometimes nearly $", or even more, and are very irregular 
in shape. In most eggs there are also a few marks of purply-red, 
consisting principally of well-defined dots and also a few blurred, half- 
washed-out-looking blotches. In a few eggs there are less numerous 
lines than there are spots and blotches, but the former are never alto- 
gether absent and are usually the most numerous kind of marking. 
Twelve eggs average ‘87" X °59", and they vary between °85" and 
*89" in length, and between ‘58" and -61" in breadth. Some eggs are 
not unlike weakly-marked specimens of the eggs of Mesia argentauris. 
I know absolutely nothing concerning the habits of this bird beyond 
the fact that it is not found much below 3,500 feet, and frequents fairly 
thick evergreen forest. 
(82) L. putcHELLA.—The Beautiful Sibia. 
Oates, No. 210 ; Hume, No. 429 Ter. 
Recorded from North Cachar by Godwin-Austen. 
(83) AcTINODURA EGERTONI.—The Rufous Barwing. 
Oates, No. 211 ; Hume, No. 427. 
The middle tail feathers very distinctly barred ; fairly common. 
between 4,000 and 5,000 feet and upwards ; rare below this height. It 
is very local in its distribution. My eggs are of two types—one like those 
obtained by Gammie and Mandelli and the other more like those of 
Trochalopterum phenicium, the markings being far darker than in 
those obtamed by the above collectors, mostly of a deep purply- 
brown or blackish as regards the coarser lines and blotches, the 
numerous hair-like lines being of a brighter shade, This latter type 
is much less smudgy also than the other. Highteen eggs average 
86" by 78". They vary very considerably in size, the largest measuring 
93" & 74", and the smallest -82" x -64". Most of my eggs are broad 
ovals. 
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