156 TUEDID^. 



4. Pegu, 28th May {K W. O.). Hume Coll. 



1. Pegu, 5th June (-B. W. O.). Gates Coll. 

 4. Meplay, Tenasserim, 10th April Hume Coll. 



(C. T. Bingham). 



2. Tavoy, Tenasserim (J". Darling). Hume Coll. 



1. Tavoy, 17th April [J. D.). Hume Coll. 

 4. Tavoy, 17th April (J. D.). Hume Coll. 



Cittocincla luzoniensis (Kittl.). 



(Plate VII. fig. 15.) 



Cittocincla luzoniensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 91 (1883) ; 

 Grant Sr Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 239, pi. vi. fig. 4 ; Sharpe, Sand-l. 

 iv. p. 162 (1903). 



In the Collection are two pairs of the eggs of the Philippine 

 Shama; they are not separable from those of the Indian species. 

 They measure respectively : "8 by "6 ; "81 by "6 ; "89 by '61 ; 

 •9 by 61. 



2. Engano, N.E. Luzon, 27th April. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.J. 

 2. Engano, 26th May. J. Whitehead, Esq. [0.]. 



Genus COSSYPHA, Viff. 



Cossypha caffra {Linn.). 



Cossyph acafira, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 224 (1875-84) ; 

 id. Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 39 (1883) ; Nehrk. Kat. Mersamml. 

 p. 51 (1899) ; Stark ^ Sclater, Fauna 8. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 213 

 (1901); Sharpe, Kandrl. iv. p. 163 (1903). 



The eggs of the Cape Chat-Thrush, or Cape " Eobin," are of a 

 long oval shape and moderately glossy. They are bufi' or cream- 

 coloured, mottled and clouded with dull pale rufous, chiefly at the 

 broad end, where a large cap is often formed by the markings. 

 They measure from -9 to 10 in length, and from -6^2 to -7 in breadth. 



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

 5. South Africa (E. L. Layard). Cruwley Bequest. 



3. Transvaal ( T. Ayres : 'Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. De Wet's Farm, 2nd Oct. Capt. G. E. H. Bai'rett- 



Hamilton [P.]. 

 2. Csepe Colony (T. Atmore : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



Genus PSEUDOCOSSYPHUS, Sharpe. 

 Pseudocossyphus sharpei (Gray). 



Cossypha sharpei, Milne-Edwards ^ Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., 

 Ois. i. p. 369 (1879) ; Cmvan, Proc. It. Phys. Soc. Bdin. vii. p 148 

 (1882). 



Pseudocossyphus sharpii, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 22 (1883). 



Pseudocossyphus sharpei, Sharpe, HandA. iv. p. 166 (1903). 



As with the eggs of Moussicr's Eedstart, already described (p. 142), 



