APPENDIX II. 1225 



Pages 372, 1214. — Terphrodornis pondieerianus. An egg of this Bush-Shrike, received from Mr. Parker, is a very 

 short broad ellipse in shape, covered with very large markings for the size of the egg, and which consist of blotches and 

 spots of olive-brown, with some streaky markings of the same at the small end ; beneath these lie numerous blotches of 

 greyish blue, collected chiefly at the large end. The egg measures 0-77 by 064inch. 



Pages 383, 1215. — Lanius caniceps. Eggs of this Butcher-bird which have arrived in England since the above 

 note (p. 1215) was written are white faintly tinged with green, and openly spotted with clearly-defined, roundish, 

 medium-sized spots of brownish lilac and greenish brown, over smaller spots of pure bluish grey ; the spottings are 

 thicker and larger at the obtuse end, but are not confluent at all there. They are short thick ovals, rather obtuse at 

 the large end, and measure 0-92 by 0-71 and 0-91 by 0-69 inch. 



Pages 449, 1215. — Turdus Icinnisi. The British Museum has just acquired a most valuable addition to its 

 Oriental collections, viz. a series of birds collected in the Travancore hills by Mr. Bourdillon. Among them is a specimen 

 of the Blackbird referred to in my " Observation," p. 450, and with which, owing to Mr. Hume's remarks, I was led to 

 unite our bird. Messrs. Sharpe and Seebohm, however, pronounce the specimen in the national collection to be distinct 

 from the Ceylonese bird. I therefore accept their dictum and restore Turdus (Meridci) Jcinnisito its rank as a "peculiar" 

 Ceylonese species, and regret now that I did not figure it at the time of writing my article. Only two specimens of the 

 Travancore bird have been procured by Mr. Bourdillon — the one in the British Museum collection, and one which 

 Mr. Hume has, and which I formerly referred to. 



Pages 574, 1217. — Dicmum erythrorJiynchum. The nest alluded to in my note p. 1217 has been sent to me, and is an 

 exceedingly beautiful little structure. It is a " purse " domed at the top, and with the opening just beneath the dome 

 about | inch in diameter. The length of the nest is about 2| inches, and its breadth 2 inches. It is chiefly made of 

 native cotton mixed with very fine bark-fibres, particularly round the orifice. The interior is entirely cotton. 



Pages 718, 1218. — Carpophaga amea. A nest of this Pigeon, found near the Giants' tank by Mr. Parker, July 21st, 

 was built in the top of a young leafy tree ; it was slightly more substantial than the nest of the Pompadour Pigeon, and 

 was considerably thicker. It contained one egg, which measured 1'65 by l - 30inch. 



Pages 728, 1218. — Osmotreron pompadora. An egg just received from Mr. Parker, taken at the Giants' tank, is a 

 short very broad ellipse, pure white, with a little gloss and a slightly rough texture, and measures 1*02 by 088 inch. 

 It is small for the size of the bird. The breeding- season in the north extends to the end of July. 



Page 1217. — Alauda parleeri. Mr. Hume writes me, since the note on p. 1217 was written, that the specimen 

 I sent him of this bird is the young of the southern form of Alauda gulgula. The bills, however, of this specimen and 

 another are so very large and conical (much exceeding in thickness the largest full-grown examples of Alauda gulgula) 

 that it is difficult to accept Mr. Hume's identification. Nevertheless, as I know this species varies so much in the bill, 

 I will expunge this supposed species from my list of peculiar birds in the Introduction ; but will allow it to stand as a 

 doubtful species in the " Systematic Index." 



