YUHINA. 139 Eggs of this species sent me from Mr. Mandelli, which were obtained by him in the neighbourhood of Darjeeliug, are decidedly elongated ovals, fairly glossy, and with a pale slightly greenish-blue ground. A number of minute red or brownish-reel or yellowish- brown specks and spots occur about the large end, sometimes irre- gularly scattered, sometimes more or less gathered into an imper- fect zone. The rest of the egg is either spotless or exhibits only a few tiny specks and spots. The eggs measure 0*75 and 0*76 by 0-51 and 0-52. 223. YuMna gularis, Hodgs. The Stripe-throated Yuhina. Yuliiua gularis, Hodgs., Jerd. B. Ind. ii, p. 261; Hume, Rough Draft N. §• E. no. 626. The Stripe-throated Yuhina breeds, according to Mr. Hodg- son's notes, from April to July, building a large massive nest of moss, lined with moss-roots, and wedged into a fork of a branch or between ledges of rocks, more or less globular in shape, and with a circular aperture near the top towards one side. A nest taken on the 19th June, near Darjeeling, was quite egg-shaped, the long diameter heing perpendicular to the ground, and measured 6 inches in height and 4 inches in breadth, the aperture, 2 inches in diameter, being well above the middle of the nest; the cavity was lined with fine moss-roots. The eggs are figured as rather elongated ovals, 0-8 by 0-56, with a pale buffiy or cafe au la.it ground-colour, thickly spotted with red or brownish red, the markings forming a confluent zone about the large end. 225. Yuhina nigrimentnm (Hodgs.). The Blaclc-chinned Yuhina. Yuhina uigrimentum (Hodgs,,), Jerd. B. Ind. ii; p. 202; Hume, Rough Draft N. fy E. no. 628. A nest of the Black-chinned Yuhina, taken by Mr. Gaminie on the 17th June below Eungbee, at an elevation of about 3500 feet, was placed in a large tree, at a height of about 10 feet from the ground, and contained four hard-set eggs. It is a mere pad, below of moss, mingled with a little wool and moss-roots, and above, that is to say the surface where the eggs repose, of excessively fine grass-roots. Dr. Jerdon says :—" A nest was once brought me which was declared to belong to this species; it was a very small neat fabric, of ordinary shape, made with moss and grass, and contained three small pure white eggs. The rarity of the bird makes me doubt if the nest really belonged to it." The eggs are tiny little elongated ovals, pure white, and abso- lutely glossless. Two sent me by Mr. Gammie measure 0*58 by 0'42 and 0*57 by 0-43.