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4. Saharunpui'jN.W.P., Sill April Hume Coll. 



(G. F. L. Marshall). 

 4. Maunbhum, Bengal (JR. C. Crowley Bec^uest. 



Beavan: Tristram Coll.). 

 2. Maunbhum, March {R. C. B. ; Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.) 

 1. Pegu, 3rd March {E. W. Oates). Gates Coll. 



Tephrodornis pelvicus (Hodgs.). 



(Plate XI. fig. 14.) 



Tephrodomis pelvicus, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 276 (1877) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 478 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 

 Sf Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 330 (1889) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. B. iv. p. 265 

 (1903). 



Two eggs of the Nepal "Wood-Shrike in the Collection, taken by 

 Mr. Gammie, are broad ovals in shape and almost devoid of gloss. 

 They are dull vs'hite, profusely speckled and spotted with yellowish 

 brown and lavender-grey. They measure respectively : -Ql by "74; 

 •95 by '72. A third example, extracted by Davison from the ovi- 

 duct of a female, is also a broad oval in shape and devoid of gloss. 

 It is greenish white, boldly blotched and spotted with inky-purple 

 and two shades of umber-brown. The markings are more numerous 

 at the broad end than elsewhere. It measures "83 by "68. 



2. Darjiling, Sikhim, 27th April Hume Coll. 



(J. Oammie). 

 1. Tavoy, Tenasserim, 26th March Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison). 



Tephrodornis gularis (Baffi.). 

 (Plate XI. fig. 21.) 



Tephrodornis gularis, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. Jf.iii. p. 278 (1877) ; id. Ibis, 

 1879, p. 252 ; Sharps, Sand-l. B. iv. p. 265 (1903). 



The eggs of the Malayan "Wood-Shrike are of a rather narrow 

 oval shape and devoid of all gloss. They are white or cream- 

 coloured, spotted and blotched with pale chestnut-brown and 

 lavender. The markings at the broader end are large and confluent, 

 forming a wide but irregular zone. Examples measure from "98 to 

 1 in length, and from -68 to •? in breadth. 



7. Labuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



1. 'Lshua.-a (Sir Hugh Low). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Labuan. Crowley Bequest. 



