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Genus HEMIXUS, Hoclcjs. 



Hemixus malaccensis (Blyth). 



Hypsipetes malaccensis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 13. 



Hemixus malaccensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 52 (1881) ; id. 



Hand-l. iii. p. 312 (1901). 

 lole malaccensis, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 283 (1889). 



The eggs of the Streaked Bulbul are of a pointed oval form and 

 slightly glossy. They are of a pinkish-white colour, densely spotted, 

 streaked and smeared with deep reddish brown and lavender. The 

 markings are generally confluent at the broad end of the egg, and 

 form a cap or zone. Examples measure from -8 to "9 in length, 

 and from -6 to -65 in breadth. 



10. Labuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [0.]. 



Genus lOLE, Blyih. 



lole pHlippensis (Gm.). 



lole philippensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 68 (1881) ; Grant ^ 

 Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 238 ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamnd. p. 42(1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 313 (1901). 



The eggs of the Philippine Streaked Bulbul in the Collection are 

 of a regular oval form and very glossy. They are of a pinkish- 

 white colour, thickly speckled all over with deep purplish red and 

 lavender. They measure respectively : 1"1 by '75 ; 1-04 by -77. 



2. Cape Engano, N.E. Luzon, Philip- J. Whitehead, Esq. [0.]. 

 pine Islands, 23rd May. 



lole mindorensis, Steere. 



lole mindorensis, Steere, List Birds 8f Mamm. Philipp. p. 19 (1890) ; 

 Grant 8f Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 238, pi. v. fig. 2 ; Sharpe, Handel. 

 iii. p. 314 (1901). 



The eggs of the Mindoro Streaked Bulbul are of a broad oval 

 form and highly glossy. They are of a salmon-pink colour, spotted 

 and blotched with rich chestnut, light red, and underlying dark 

 lavender or grey. They measure respectively : 1'04 by '75 ; 1'05 

 by -77. 



2. Mindoro, Philippine Islands. Steere Exped. 



lole macclellandi (Eorsf.). 



(Plate X. fig. 7.) 



lole macclellandi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 59 (1881) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 43 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 314 (1901). 



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