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MUSCICAPID^. 



Genus CYORNIS, Blyth. 

 Cyornis rubeculoides (^Vig.). 



Siphia rubeculoides, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 445 (1879) ; Legge, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 424 (1879) ; Nehrk. Kat. Mersamml. p. 30 (1899). 



Cyornis riibeculoides, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., -Bw'tis, ii. p. 23 (1890) ; 

 Oates ed. Hume, Nests Sr Eggs Ind. Bv-ds, ii. p. 5 (1890) ; Sharpe, 

 Rand-l. iii. p. 215 (1901). 



The eggs of the Blue-throated Flycatcher are of a regular oval 

 shape, but vary considerably in breadth. Many specimens are 

 glossy ; others are devoid of gloss. They are of several types of 

 coloration. Some examples are of a greenish stone- colour, often 

 plain, sometimes marked round the broader end with an indistinct 

 pale brownish-pink zone. Other specimens are of a pinkish cream- 

 colour, densely mottled with pale rufous or pale brown. They 

 measure from -7 to "77 in length, and from "53 to -SS in breadth. 



1. Himalayas, 27th April (Nehrkorn Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



1. Kashmir, 5th May (C. R. Cock). Hume Coll. 



4. Jerripani, Mussouri (T. Hutton). Hume Coll. 



1. Darjiling, 12th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Below Darjiling, April.- Hume Coll. 



3. Yea, Tenasserim, 31st March Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison). 



Cyornis tickellise, Blyth. 



Siphia tickellise, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 447 (1879) ; Legge, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 421 (1879) ; Neh'k. Kat. Mersamml. p. 30 (1899). 



Cyornis tiokelli, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 25 (1890) ; id. 

 ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 7 (1890) ; Betham, Jourri. 

 Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xii. p. 780 (1899). 



Cyornis tickelliae, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 215 (1901). 



The eggs of Mrs. Tickell's Blue Flycatcher present as many types 

 of coloration as those of the Blue-throated Flycatcher, and resemble 

 them in general appearance. Many of the specimens are of a brown 

 colour, some plain and others marked with a faint trace of some 

 darker mottling. Others are cream-coloured, densely mottled with 

 various shades of pale rufous, and others are stone-coloured, faintly 

 mottled with pale brown. Specimens measure from -68 to '78 in 

 length, and from -62 to -58 in breadth. 



3. India. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Hoshungahad, C. Provs., 24th June Hume Coll. 



{E. C. Nunn). 



6. Mysore (/. Macpherson). Hume Coll. 



1. Mysore, 12th May. Hume Coll. 



3. Muddur, Mysore, 22nd May. Hume Coll. 



2. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 27th Hume Coll. 



May (Miss Cockburn). 

 2. Kotagherry, 10th June {Miss Cock- Hume Coll. 

 bwn). 



