56 TIltELTIDj:. 



Geuus LIOPTILA, Blyth. 



Lioptila capistrata {Vig.). 

 (Plate I. %. 5.) 



Makcins capistrata, S/tarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 403 (]883) ; Mhrk. 



Eat. Eiersamnil. p. 69 (18^:9). 

 lioptila capistrata. Oaf.es, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 196 (1889) ; id. 



ed. Hume, yest.s^- liyfjs hid. Birds, i. p. 133 (1869) ; Sharpe, Rand-l. 



iv. p. 59 (1903). 



The eggs of the Black-headed Sibia are of a blunt oval form, and 

 exhibit a little gloss. The ground-colour is of a pale greenish, white, 

 and this is marked in a complicated manner : " first there are usually 

 a few, large, irregular, moderately dark brownish-red spots and 

 splashes ; then there are a very few, very dark, reddish-brown hair- 

 lines, such as one finds on Buntings' eggs ; then there is a good deal 

 of clouding and smudging here and there of pale, dingy purplish or 

 brownish-red (all these markings are most numerous towards the 

 large end) ; and then, besides these, and almost entirely confined 

 to the large end, are a few pale purple specks and spots. Sometimes 

 the markings are almost wholly confined to the thicker end of the 

 egg." {Hume.') Six eggs measure from -92 to 1 in length, and from 

 •66 to -72 in breadth. 



]. Muni, 5th June (C, je. CocX:). Hume Coll. 



1. Sikhim {J. Gaminie). Hume Coll. 



2. Sikhim (J. (?.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Sikhim (/. (?.). -HumeCiSl. 



Lioptila gracilis (MeCIelL). 



(Plate III. fig. 4.) 



Sibia gracilis, Godti-in-Aust. J. A. S. Beng. xliii. pt. ii. p. 179 (1874). 



Malacias gracilis, Hhurpe, Cat. Birds B. M . vii. p. 406 (1883). 



Lioptila gracilis, Oates, Fa^ma Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 197 (1889) ; id. ed. 



Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 135 (1889) : Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iv. p. 59 (1903). 



The eggs of the Grey Sibia in the Collection are of a broad oval 

 form, exhibit a moderate amotint of gloss, and are of a pale green 

 colour mottled all over with pale rufous and lilac. They measure 

 respectively : -86 by -71 ; -84 by -7. 



2. Umian YaJlev, Assam, 25lh June. Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen 



[P.]. 



Lioptila melanoleuca (Blyth). 



Malacias melanoleuca, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 40o (1883). 



Lioptila melanoleuca, Oales, Fanna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 198 (1889) • 

 id ed Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 135 (1889) ; Sharpe, 

 i/anrf-/. IV. p. 59(1903). ^' 



