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it from rain ; the nest, which is bag-shaped, is held in position by- 

 long stays of fine grass or fibres sewn and fastened to the nearest 

 leaves and stalks. 



The eggs, four or five in number (usually five), are moderately 

 long ovals in shape, and are of a glossy pale greenish-blue colour, 

 boldly spotted and blotched with chocolate and reddish-brown, and 

 having a delicate tracery of interlaced hair-like lines at the larger 

 end, but occasionally these lines are absent ; the small end is com- 

 paratively unspotted. 



The ground colour is subject to variation, eggs having been taken 

 of a dull olive tint, and still more rarely of a clear reddish-white. 



They average - 61 inches in length by about 45 in breadth. 



544 Us.— THE GREAT RUFOUS WREN WARBLER. 



Drymoeea rufuscens, Hume. 



Captain (now Colonel) Butler, in his Birds of the Deecan and 

 South Mahratta Country, says that the Great Rufous Wren Warbler 

 is probably a permanent resident ; it is also not uncommon in North- 

 ern Guzerat and on Mount Aboo. I cannot find any record of a 

 nest having been taken in Western India, but Mr. Hume in Wests 

 dud Eggs of Indian Birds describes the nests as being a somewhat 

 shallow, flimsy, watch-pocket, loosely put together, composed of coarse 

 grass, and having a good deal of wool mixed with it ; it is lined with 

 fine grass. 



Captain Cock, who took the eggs at Seetapore, says they breed in 

 August, and that the eggs are facsimiles of those of Pratincola ferrea, 

 i.e., of a pale greenish-blue colour, minutely speckled with rufous, 

 principally at the larger end. The size is not given. 



Mr. Davidson asks, " Is this a good species ? " as birds which he 

 at first considered to be this, and which he sent to Mr. Hume, were 

 identified by Mr. Sharp as specimens of Drymoeea sylvatica in sea- 

 sonal plumage. 



545.— THE JUNGLE WREN WARBLER. 



Drymoeea sylvatica, Jerd. 



The Jungle Wren Warbler occurs in Central India and Khandeish ; 

 it has not been recorded from the Deecan, Guzerat or from Sind. 



