PETROPHILA. — ACCENTOE. 131 



4. Kotegarh, Himalayas, SOtli April. Hume Coll. 



4. Kotegarh, 29th June. Hume Coll. 



1. N.W. Himalayas, May ( W. E. Crowley Bequest. 



Brooks: Tristram CoU.). 



1. N.W. Himalayas. Crowley Beqviest. 



PetropMla rupestris {Vieill.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 2.) 



Montieola rupestris, Sharpe, ed. LayarcCs Birds 8. Africa, p. 219 (1875^ 

 84) ; Seebokm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 3^2 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kai. 

 Eiersamml. p. 40 (1899) ; Stark Sf Sclater, Famm 8. Africa, Birds, 

 ii. p. 181 (1901). 



Petrophila rupestris, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 144 (1903). 



There are three eggs of the Cape Eock-Thrush in the CoUection. 

 One example is of a bluish-white colour, very sparingly speckled 

 with dark brown ; another is of a pale blue colour, mottled with 

 pale rufous at the broad end ; and another resembles in coloration 

 the eggs of P. cinclorhyncha. These three specimens measure 

 respectively : 1-07 by -8 ; 1-04 by -71 ; 1-05 by -78. 



1. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



2. South Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



PetropMla erythrogaster ( Vig.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 3.) 



Montieola erythrogaster, Seehohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 325 (1881) ; 



La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 179. 

 Petrophila erythrogasti'a, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 143 (1890); 



id. ed. Hume, Nests 8r 'Fggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 102 (1890^. 

 Petrophila erythrogaster, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 145 (1903). 



An egg of the Chestnut-bellied Eock-Thrush in the Collection is 

 of a very regular oval shape and moderately glossy. It is of a pale' 

 creamy-buff colour, freckled aU over with very faint brownish pink. 

 It measures 1*05 by -79. It appears, from what Mr. La Touche 

 writes (I. c), that this egg was addled, and it may therefore be 

 somewhat discoloured and not of a typical character. 



1. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, 3500 feet, C. B. Eickett, Esq. [P.]. 

 21st May {J. B. La Touche). 



Genus ACCENTOE, Bechst. 

 Accentor himalayanus (Bh/th). 



Accentor himalayanus, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 168 (1890) , 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 145 (1903). 

 Accentor altaicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 660 (1888) ; Tac%. 



Faune Orn. SibSr. Orient, i. p. 223 (1891); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 65 (1899). 



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