PE0PAET7S. — SCHCESriPAETTS. '45 



grey, and the markings are chiefly confined to the larger end of the 

 egg, where a number of large confluent clouds and blotches of olive- 

 brown, intermingled with some blotches of underlying lavender, 

 form a bold cap. A few isolated spots and streaks of the same 

 colours are scattered over the shell, diminishing in number and size 

 as they approach the smaller end. Three examples measure 

 respectively : -68 by -52 ; •72 by -51 ; -71 by -52. 



3. Tongloo, Sikhim, 10,000 feet, 29th Hume Coll. 

 May (Z. Mandelli). 



Proparus cinereiceps {J. Verr.). 



(Plate IV. fig. 11.) 



Fulvetta cinereiceps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 628 (1883). 

 Proparus cinereiceps, Sharpe, Sand-l. iv. p. 45 (1903). 



' Three eggs of the Grey-headed Tit-Babbler are of a rather broad 

 oval form and slightly glossy. The ground-colour is pale greenish 

 blue, and both the underlying markings of lavender and the olive- 

 brown and sage-green spots, blotches and clouds of the surface are 

 mostly confined to the broader end, forming on one egg a well- 

 defined cap, on the other two an irregular zone. The measui'e- 

 ments are respectively : -70 by -52 ; '71 by -55 ; -73 by ■54. 



3. Kuatun,rohkien, China, 25th May C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 

 {J. D. La Touche). 



Genus SCHCENIPARUS, Hume. 



Schoeniparus rufigularis (Mandelli). 



(Plate II. fig. 16.) 



Minla rufigularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 610 (1883). 

 Schoeniparus rufigularis, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 170 (1889) ; 



Stuart Baker, Jmirn. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. p. 197 (1893) ; 



Shai-pe, JBLand-l. iv. p. 46 (1903). 



Eggs of the Eed-throated Tit-Babbler in the Collection much 

 resemble those of 8. mandellii, but are slightly smaller and have 

 rather more gloss, while the blotches and spots are of a somewhat 

 richer brown. They measure from "78 to -80 in length, and from 

 •59 to -60 in breadth, 



3. Margherita, Assam, 26th April. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C,]. 



Schoeniparus dubius {Hume). 



(Plate II. fig. 17.) 



Minla dubia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 611 (1883). 



Schoeniparus dubius, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 618 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests <^ Fffgs Ind. Birds, i. p. 177 (1889) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 46 (1903). 



