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CAMPOPHAGID^. 



Genmis VOLVOCIVORA, Eodgs. 



Volvocivora lugubris (Swidev.). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 16.) 



Campopliaga lugiibris, Sharps,, Cat. Birds- B, M. iv. p. 65 (1879) ; Nehrh. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 23 (1899)> 

 Campophaga melanoschista, Oates, Fauna Brit^ Ind., Birds, i. p. 491 



(1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nest»^ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 346 (1889). 

 Volvocivora lugubris, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 298 (1901). 



_The eggs of the Dark-grey Cuckoo-Slirike are of a regular oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. They are of a white or greenish- 

 white colour^ very thickly streaked and blotched with dark brown 

 and lavender-grey. They measure frt>m '9 to 1'02 in length, and 

 from '65 to -71 in breadth. 



2. Jerripani^Mussoori (T". JJwiiore). Hume Coll. 



4. Mongphoo, Darjiling (/. Gammie). Hume Coll. 

 2. Mongphoo, 17th June (J. Q.). Hume Cdl. 



Volvocivora melanoptera (Eiipp.). 



Campophaga melanoptera, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 67 (1879) ; 



Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 492 (1889). 

 Volvocivora melanoptera, Sharpe, Sand-l. iii. p. 299 (1901). 



The eggs of the Pale-grey Cuckoo-Shrike appear to be inseparable 

 from those of F. lugubris. Three examples measure respectively : 

 •97 by -69 ; -95 by -69 ; -98 by -7. 



8. Foechow, China, 11th June. 0. B. Rickett, 'Esq^. [P.]. 



Genus PEEICROCOTUS, Boie. 



Pericrocotus speciosus (Lath.). 



(Plate IX. fig. 14.) 



Pericrocotus speciosus, Shai-pe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 71 (1879) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 479 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 

 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 335 (1889) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. iii. p. 299 

 (1901). 



The eggs of the Indian Scarlet Miiaivet are of an extremely 

 broad oval form and almost devoid of all 'gloss. They are greyish 

 white, speckled and spotted with pale brown and lavender, chiefly 

 at the broad end, where the markings are larger and more or less 

 confluent. Pour examples measure respectively : -88 by '71 ; '94 

 by -66 ; -86 by -68 ; -85 by -67. 



3. Jerripani, Mussoori (T. Sutton). Hume Coll. 



1. Dehra Dhoon, N.W. Provinces, Hume Coll. 

 {T. S.). 



