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Eggs of this species sent me from Mr. Mandelli, which were 

 obtained by him in the neighbourhood of Darjeeling, are decidedly 

 elongated ovals, fairly glossy, and with a pale slightly greenis.h-blue 

 ground. A number of minute red or brownish-red or yellowish- 

 brown specks and spots occur about the large end, sometimes irre- 

 gularly scattered, sometimes more or less gathered into an imperr 

 feet zone. The rest of the egg is either spotless or exhibits only a 

 few tiny specks and spots. The eggs measure 075 and 076 by 

 0-51 and 0-52. 



223. Yuhina gularis, Hodgs. The Stripe-throated Fuhina. 



Yuhina gularis, Hodgs., Jerd. B. Ind. ii, p. 261; Hume, Bough 

 Draft N. $ E. no. 626. 



The Stripe-throated Yuhina breeds, according to Mr. Hodg- 

 son's notes, from April to July, building a large massive nest of 

 moss, lined with moss-roots, and wedged into a fork of a branch 

 or between ledges of rocks, more or less globular in shape, and 

 with a circular aperture near the top towards one side. A nest 

 taken on the 19 th June, near Darjeeling, was quite egg-shaped, 

 the long diameter being perpendicular to the ground, and measured 

 6 inches in height and 4 inches in breadth, the aperture, 2 inches 

 in diameter, being well above the middle of the nest ; the cavity 

 was lined with fine moss-roots. The eggs are figured as rather 

 elongated ovals, 0-8 by 0-56, with a pale buffy or cafe au lait 

 ground-colour, thickly spotted with red or brownish red, the 

 markings forming a confluent zone about the large end. 



225. Yuhina nigrimentum (Hodgs.). The Black-chinned Yuhina. 



Yuhina nigrimentum (Hodgs.), Jerd. B. Ind. ii, p. 262 ; Hume, Bough 

 Draft N. $ E. no. 628. 



A nest of the Black-chinned Yuhina, taken by Mr. Gammie on 

 the 17th June below Rungbee, at an elevation of about 3500 feet, 

 was placed in a large tree, at a height of about 10 feet from the 

 ground, and contained four hard-set eggs. It is a mere pad, below 

 of moss, mingled with a little wool and moss-roots, and above, that 

 is to say the surface where the eggs repose, of excessively fine 

 grass-roots. 



Dr. Jerdon says : — " A nest was once brought me which was 

 declared to belong to this species ; it was a very small neat fabric, 

 of ordinary shape, made with moss and grass, and contained three 

 small pure white eggs. The rarity of the bird makes me doubt if 

 the nest really belonged to it." 



The eggs are tiny little elongated ovals, pure white, and abso- 

 lutely glossless. 



Two sent me by Mr. G-ammie measure - 58 by 0*42 and 0-57 by 

 0-43. 



