436 BiCEUEiDas. 



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. 



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



2 Margherita, 2:2nd May. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq., & 



Dr. H. Coltart [P-l. 

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



[C.]. 

 S Margherita, 1st June. E. 0. Stuart Baker, Esq., & 



Dr. H. Ooltart [P.]. 



Genus CHIBIA, Hodgson. 



Chibia hottentotta (Linn.). 



Chibia hottentotta, Swinhne, Ihis, 1861, p. 411, 186.3, p. 96; Sharpe, Cat. 



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



p. 320 (1889) ; Oates, ed. Hnrne, Nests Sr Eqqs Ind. Birds, i. p. 213 



(1889); Nehrh. Kat. 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 aiid 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 ]-01 to 1-3 in length, and 

 from -78 to -SB in breadth. 



1. Darjiling, Silthim, 14th May (J. Hume Coll. 



Gammie). 



2. Mongphoo, Darjiling, 5th June Hume Coll. 



(/. (?.). 



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. 



