26 TIMELIID^. 



from a true elliptical shape, and are of a fairly deep blue colour. 

 They measure from 1 to 1"10 in length, and from -IQ to "80 in 

 breadth. 



3. Africa. 

 1. Africa. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crateropus canorus {Linn.). 



Orateropus canorus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 478 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 110 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 8c 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 74 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Mersamml. p. 61 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 24 (1903). 



The eggs of the Indian Jungle-Babbler vary greatly in shape, 

 many being of an ordinary oval form, others spheroidal, and others, 

 again, lengthened and cylindrical. They are excessively glossy and 

 of a deep blue colour. A few of the eggs are somewhat paler than 

 others, hut the prevailing tint is a very deep blue. Eggs measure 

 from '88 to 1'15 in length, and from -75 to "82 in breadth. 



