298 



CAMPOPHAGIDJE. 



especially at the broad end. Two specimens meaaure respectively : 

 •72 by -53 ; 7 by -54. 



3. Kotegarh, Himalayas. Hume Coll. 



Pericrocotus roseus (Vieill.). 



(Plate IX. fig. 15.) 



Pericrocotus roseus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 81 (1879) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 486 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 8f 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 338 (1889) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. iii. p. 301 (1901;. 



The eggs of the Eosy Minivet are of a broad oval form and 

 exhibit little gloss. They are greyish white, marked with reddish- 

 and purplish-brown and underlying lavender. In- two specimens in 

 the Collection the markings consist of large confluent blotches 

 forming a broad zone ; in two others they consist of well-defined 

 specks, spots and small blotches, pretty evenly distributed over the 

 entire egg. Four examples measure respectively : -75 by "SS ; '74 

 by -57; -8 by -6; -78 by -58. 



2. Murri, Himalayas (C. H. T. Hume Coll. 



Marshall). 



1. Murri, 15th June (C. S. T. M.). Hume Coll. 



1. Murri (C. H. T. M.). Hume Coll. 



Pericrocotus griseigularis, Oould. 



Pericrocotus griseigularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 83 (1879) ; 

 La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 420 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 302 (1901). 



An egg of the Grey-throated Minivet in the Collection is a very 

 broad oval in shape and moderately glossy. It is greyish white, 

 marked with specks, spots and small blotches of rich umber-brown 

 and underlying lilac or lavender. The markings, fairly dense every- 

 where, are more numerous round the smaller end, where they form 

 a zone. It measures "75 by '6. 



1. Kuatun, Foh-kien, China, 8th May C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 

 (/. D. La Touche). 



Pericrocotus cinereus, Lafr. 



(Plate IX. fig. 19.) 



Pericrocotus cinereus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 83 (1879) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 489 (1889) ; Seebohm, Birds Japan. 

 Emp. p. 106 (1890) ; Tacz. Faune Orn. Sibdr. Orient, p. 462 (1891) ; 

 Sharpe, Sand-l. iii. p. 802 (1901). 



The eggs of the Siberian Minivet in the Collection are of a blunt 

 oval form and almost devoid of all gloss. They are white or very 

 pale blue, spotted and blotched, pretty evenly all over, with brown 



