I was headed toward a distant palm frond beneath whose tip was a nest of Rufous Hermits, for I wished to see the two atoms of hummingbirds at the moment when they rolled from their petit pois egg-shells.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe
410. Of the Rufous-necked Laughing-Thrush, Mr. Blyth remarks:-"Mr. Hodgson figures the egg of a fine green colour."
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
The Large Rufous Babbler.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume