DENDKOCIITA. 



485 



very variable, and range from light chestnut and reddish-brown to 

 yellowish-umber or dark umber-brown, while the underlying shell- 

 markings are grey or lilac-grey. In some clutches the markings 

 are rather faint and distributed all over the shell, but generally 

 more numerous towards the larger end ; in the majority, however, 

 the markings are more or less concentrated towards one end, usually 

 the larger, and in the more heavily spotted examples form a zone 

 or cap. The markings vary much in shape, in some eggs they take 

 the form of large irregular spots and small blotches, while in others 

 only small rounded spots are to be seen. They vary in length from 

 1-1 to 1-2, and in breadth from -72 to -89. 



2. [North- West Provinces.] 



2. 

 4. 

 4. 

 3. 

 6. 

 4. 

 3. 

 1. 

 2. 

 1. 

 2. 

 2. 

 2. 

 2. 

 3. 



a, 

 1. 



[North- West Provinces], 1 st May 



(Field Coll.). 

 Hansi, Punjab, 21st April. 

 Hansi, 3rd May ( W. Blewitt). 

 Hansi, 14th May. 

 Hansi, 26th May. 

 Hansi, 4th June. 

 Muasoorie (T. Sutton). 

 Bareilly, 8th May {A. O. Hume). 

 Bareilly, 19th Mav {A. O. H.). 

 Bareilly, 22nd May (A. O. H.). 

 Bareilly, 3rd June [A. O. H.). 

 Bareilly, 16th June {A. O. H.). 

 Agra, 9th Aug. {A. O. R.). 

 Luckuow, 8th May. 

 Lucknow, 15th May. 

 Lucknow, 17th May. 

 Luclmow, 21st May. 

 Allahabad, 9th July 



Bingham). 

 Mirzapur, 23rd May 



Brooks). 

 Barrackpur [R. C. Beavan). 

 Sikhim Terai, India, 16th April 

 Sikhim Terai, 2nd May. 

 Sikhim Terai, 8th May. 

 Sikhim Terai, 12th May. 

 Sikhim Terai, 13th May. 

 Sikhim Terai, 27th May. 

 Sanger, Central Provinces 



July. 

 Sanger, 20th July. 



(C. 

 {TV. 



T. 



W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll, 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



JH. Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume OpU. 

 Hume Coll. 



8th 



Hume Coll. 



Dendrocitta frontalis, McClell. 



Dendrocitta frontaUs, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 78 (1877) ; Oates, 

 Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 33 (1889); Stuart Baker, Joum. 

 Bomb. N. a. Soc. viii. p. 166 (1893) ; id., Ibis, 1896, p. 41 ; id.. 

 Ibis, 1906, p. 85 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 607 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 360 (1910). 



