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Genus LALETES, Reiehenow. 



Laletes lanceolatus ( Vigors'). 



Garrulus lanceolatus, mttton, J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xvii. pt. ii. p. 5 (1848); 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 101 (1877) ; Oate.s, Faun. Brit. Ind., 



Birds, i. p. 38 (1889) ; Oates, ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. 



p. 26 (1889). 

 Laletes lanceolatus, Sharpe, Hcmd-l. v. p. 613 (1909) ; Nekrk. Kat. Eier- 



aamml. p. 361 (1910). 



Eggs of the Black -throated Jay are similar to those of Garrulus 

 gJandarius but are smaller, as in G. hispecularis. 



1. Himalaya. Purchased. 



2. Murree, Punjab, 25tli May {Dr. Crowley Bequest. 



Parker). 



4. Kotgarh, Punjab, 4th April. Hume Coll. 



5. Kotgarh, 30th April. Hume Coll. 



2. Kotgarh, 16th May. Hume Coll. 

 5. Kotgarh, 24th June. Hume Coll. 

 5. Mussoorie, N.W. Provinces {T. Hume Coll. 



Hutton). 

 8. Mussoorie (7'. H) Capt. J. Hutton [P.]. 



3. Upper Garhwal, April. Hume Coll. 



Genus CRACTES, Billherg. 



Cractes infaustus (Linn.). 



Perisoreus infaustus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 76. fig. 5 (1855-63) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 103 (1877) [part.] ; Newton, Ootheca 

 Wolleyana, pt. ii. p. 478, pi. xiii. (1902) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, 

 i. p. 410 (1902) fpart.] ; Bey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. i. p. 375 (1904), 

 pi. 46. figs. 7-13 (1900) ; Dresser, Eggs Birds Europe, pts. xi. & xii. 

 p. 420, pi. i. figs. l.S-16 (1908). 



Perisoreus infaustus infaustus, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 34 (1903). 



Cractes infaustus, Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 614 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 361 (1910). 



Eggs of the Siberian Jay vary in shape from a long rather 

 pointed oval to a very wide oval, and are somewhat glossy. The 

 ground is some shade of greenish -white or rarely pale greyish-green, 

 spotted and blotched all over, but especially towards the larger 

 end where the markings are often confluent and form a zone or 

 irregular cap, with umber-brown, ashy-brown and lilac-grey. 

 They vary in length from 1"18 to 1-32, and in breadth from '83 

 to -93. 



S. Lapland (^Hawkins). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



2. Lapland (H. Wheelwright). Seebohm Coll, 



4. Lapland {H. W.). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Lapland, 19th April {H. W.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Lapland, 2nd May {Haivhins). Seebohm Coll. 



