20 TIMELIID^. 



narrow oval shape, fairly glossy and pure white. Pour eggs measure 

 from 1 to 1-05 in length, and from -7 to -75 in breadth. 



2. Mongphoo, Darjiling (/. Gamrnw). Hume Coll. 

 2. Sikhim, 7000 feet, 29th April* Hume Coll. 

 {J. (?.). 



* 



Genus GARRULAX, Less. 



The eggs of this genus are unspotted, and vary in colour from 

 dark blue, through all intermediate shades of blue, to pure white. 



G-arrulax leucolophus, Hardw. 



Garrulax leucolophus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 4-35 (1883) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 77 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 

 §• JEgffs Ind. Birds, i. p. 47 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. (iO 

 (1899); Sharpe, Handr-l. iv. p. 17 (1903). 



The eggs of the Himalayan White-crested Laughing-Thrush are 

 mostly very short broad ovals, and some of them are spheroidal in 

 shape. They are very glossy and pure white. They measure from 

 1-03 to 1-15 in length, and from -8 to -95 in breadth. 



Garrulax belangeri. Less. 



Garrulax belangeri, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 436 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Fawia Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 79 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs 

 Ind. Birds, i. p. 48 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 60 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 17 (1903). 



The eggs of the Burmese White-crested Laughing-Thrush 

 resemble those of Q. leucolojphus, but they appear to be uniformly 

 much narrower. They measure from 1-06 to 1-22 in length, and 

 from -82 to -92 in breadth. 



1. Pegu, 8th June (-E. W. Oates). ' Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 22nd June (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



1. Pegu, 25th July {E. W. Oates : Crowley Bequest. 



Seehohm Coll). 

 1. Thoungyin River, Tenasserim, Hume Coll. 



2nd April (C, T. Bingham). 



* In Mr. Hume's work {I. c) these eggs are said by Mr. Gammie to have 

 been found on the 29th May. The date on the eggs is the 29th April. 



