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" end. In some eggs all the markings are very fine and minute, 

 " laid on, as it were, with a verj' fine-pointed brush ; in others they 

 " are coarse and streaky, and occasionally bold, blotchy, and well 

 " defined. 



" Specimens occur which could scarcely be separated from 

 " varieties of the English Eing-Ouzel's egg. The eggs have usually 

 " a slight gloss, and some Specimens are highly glossy. As already 

 " mentioned, in some examples secondary markings, small purple 

 " clouds and spots, appear to underlie the red-brown blotches." 



In size the eggs range from 1-02 to 1'30 in length, and from -78 

 to -93 in breadth. 



5. 

 1. 

 2. 

 4. 

 3. 

 5. 

 2. 

 1. 

 2. 

 3. 

 3. 

 2. 

 1. 

 1. 

 2. 

 1. 

 4. 



4. 



Nilghiri Hills (Tristram Coll.). 

 Nilghu-i Hills, 1st April. 



Nilghiri Hills, April. 



Nilghiri HUls, April. 



Nilghiri Hills, May. 



Nilghiri Hills, 9th May. 



Ootacamund, Nilghiri Hills. 



Curzon, Nilghiri Hills, 4th AprU. 



Ourzon, 8th April. 



Curzon, 30th April. 



Ooonoor, Nilghiri Hills. 



Ooonoor. 



Coonoor, 3rd April. 



Ooonoor,- 9th April. 



Coonoor, 10th April. 



Coonoor, 20th May. 



Kotagherry, NilgMri Hills, 1st May 

 (Miss Cockhurn). 



Kotagherry, 5th May {Miss Cock- 

 burn). 



Kotagherry, 9th May {Miss Cock- 

 hurn). 



Kotagherry, 14th May {Miss Cock- 

 burn). 



Kotagherry, 16th May {Miss Coch- 

 burn). 



Kotagherry, 17th May {Miss Cock- 



2. Kotagherry, 30th May {Miss Cock- 

 bum). 



2. Kotagherry, 10th June {Miss 

 Cockhurn). 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume CoU. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume CoU. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume CoU. 



Hume Coll. 



Merula bourdilloni, Seebdhm. 



Merula hourdiUoni, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 251 (1881) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 125 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests Sr 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 91 (1890) ; Sharps in Seebohm's Mon. 

 TurdidcB, ii. p. 75 (1900); id. Hand-l. iv. p. 119 (1903). 



The egg of Bourdillon's Ouzel in the Collection, which is one of 

 those taken by Major Terry and mentioned in Hume's ' Nests and 



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