136 CAPITONIDiE. 



Mesobucco cyanotis, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 87 (1891) ; Sharpe, 



Himd-l. ii. p. 185 (1900). 

 Cyanops cyanotis, Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 95 (1895). 



The eggs of the Blue-eared Baibet are of a lengthened elliptical 

 shape and devoid of gloss. They measure from -85 to 1 in length, 

 and from "65 to -7 in breadth. , 



2. Wimjeo Eiver, Tenasserim, 12th Hume Coll. 



Feb. (C. T. Bingham). 



3. Tavoy, 15th April (J. Darling). Hume Coll. 



Genus XANTHOLiEMA, 5/j. 

 XantholsBina hsematoceplialum (P. L. S. MiUl.). 



Xantholsema hsemacephala, Marshall, Mon. Capit. p. 101 (1871) ; Begge, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 218 (1878) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests Sr Eggs Ind. 

 Birds, ii. p. 329 (1890). 



Xanthelasma hssmatocephala, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 89 (1891) ; 

 Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 98 (1895). 



Xantholsema hsematocephalum, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. pp. 185, 238 (1900). 



The eggs of the Crimson-breasted Barhet are usually of a length- 

 ened cylindrical shape, and exhibit a small amount of gloss. They 

 measure from "ST to 1-07 in length, and from -62 to '72 in breadth. 



XanthoIsBHia malabaricum {Blyth). 



Xantholsema malaharica, Marshall, Mon. Capit. p. Ill (1871) ; Oates ed. 

 Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 3.32 (1890) ; Shelley, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xix. p. 95 (1891); Blattf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 99 

 (1895). ^ 



Xanthelasma malabaricum, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 186 (1900). 



