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high condition in old birds, and as such is accompanied by a 

 slightly longer average measurement of the tail." 



Mr. Stuart Baker drew attention to a clerical error in 

 his description of Acanthopnenste trochiloides harterti (Bull. 

 B. O. C. xxxi. p. 36), where the outermost pair of tail- 

 feathers were described as being white on the outer webs, 

 instead of on the inner webs. 



Mr. Stuart Baker also exhibited the following eggs : — 



(1) A series of eggs of Anthus rufnhis and Anthus richardi 



striolatus, shewing that it is quite impossible to dif- 

 ferentiate between the eggs of the two forms. 



(2) A nest and eggs of Dicceum trigonostigma, shewing that 



the eggs of this Dicceum are white, as are the eggs of 

 almost all other species of this genus, and not spotted, 

 as described in the Catalogue from eggs presented by 

 Sir Hugh Low (Cat. Eggs. B.M. v. p. 8). 



(3) Four clutches of the eggs of ZootJiera marginata, shewing 



that the single egg in the B.M. Collection is either an 

 abnormal egg, both in size and coloration, or, as is 

 more likely, is an egg of Geocichla citrina (Cat. Eggs 

 B.M. iv. p. 114). 



(4) Eggs of birds not represented in the Museum Collection, 



shewing as far as possible the range of coloration in 



the various species. 



Cissa ornata 2 clutches. 



Zoothera monticola 4 „ 



Tribura major 6 „ 



Tribura luteiventris 8 „ 



Tribura mandellii 8 



Hemixus fiavala 4 „ 



Rubigula melanicterus 4 „ 



Spizixus canifrons 8 „ 



Ianthocincla austeni 1 clutch. 



Grammatoptila austeni 1 „ 



Trochalopterum chrysopterum .... 4 clutches. 

 Trochalopterum phceuiceum bakeri .4 „ 

 Actinodura egertoni khasiana .... 4 „ 



