DBXDKOOri'XA. — OKTPSIRHINA. 487 



Deudrocitta sinensis {Lath.). 



Defldrocitta sinensis, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1868, p. (32, 1870, p. 851 ; id., P. Z. S. 

 1871, p. 383 ; SAarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 81 (1877) ; id., 

 Hand-l. v. p. 608 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 360 (1910). 



An egg of the Chinese Tree-Pie does not differ in any way from 

 eggs of D. frontalis described above. 



1. Amoy, China {R. Swinhoe). Seebohni Coll. 



Dendrocitta cinerascens, Sharpe. 



(Plate XXII. fig. 7.) 



Dendrocitta cinerascens. Sharps, Ibis, 1879, p. 250, 1889, p. 81 ; id., 

 Hand-l. v. p. 608 (1909). 



An egg of the Kina Balu Tree-Pie is much like that of Pica pica. 

 The ground is greenish-white, finely spotted all over with two 

 shades of umber-brown and lilac-grey, the markings being, however, 

 chiefly concentrated round the larger end, where they form a dense 

 zone almost hiding the ground-colour. It measures 1'2 by 'SO. 



1. Kina Balu, N. Borneo, 13th March Crowley Bequest. 

 [.J. Whitehead). 



Genus CRYPSIRHINA, Vieill. 



Crypsirhina varians {Lath.). 



Crypsirhina varians, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 83 (1877) ; Oates, 

 Str. F. V. p. 159 (1877) ; id., Birds Burmah, i. p. 401 (1883) ; 

 id., Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 35 (1889) ; Oates, ed. Hume, 

 Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 25 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 608 

 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 360, pi. i. tig. 3 (1910). 



Eggs of the Black Racket-tailed Magpie are precisely like that of 

 Dendrocitta cinerascens described above, but are much smaller. 

 They vary in length from -88 to 1-09, and in breadth from -68 to 

 •75. 



3. Pegu, 7th June (E. W. Oates). Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 7th June [E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



4. Pegu, 10th June {E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 

 4. Pegu, 25th June {E. W. O.). Hume CoU. 



3. Pegu, 25th June {E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Pegu, 4th July (E. W. 0.). Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 6th July {e. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



3. Pegu, 2nd June (E W. 0.). Oates Coll. 



1. Pegu, 12th July {E! W. O.). Oates Coll. 



2. Pegu, 15th July {E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



