n; 



specks, spots, streaks, and confluent blotches of umber-brown and 

 lavender-grey. In some examples they consist entirely of fine 

 spots ; in others, the majority, of coarse streaks and blotches which 

 are often confluent on the broader half and form an irregular cap. 

 Examples measure from "82 to '95 in length, and from -6 to '7 in 

 breadth. 



Malaga, Spain, 30th May. 

 MalrtLCrt, I'Oth June {H. Saunders: 



HanjUt Coll.). 

 Malaga, 22ud June {H. S.). 

 Malaga, 26th June. 

 Malaga {A. Ruiz), 

 Tunis. 



Susa, Tunis, May ( V. Bogo: Tris- 

 tram Coll.). 

 Chemora, Algeria, 19th May (O. 



Salvin). 

 Chemora, 21st May (O. .S".). 

 Chemora, 24th May (O. S.). 

 Chemora, 24th May (O. S.). 

 Chemora, .30th May (O. S.). 

 Chemora, 2nd June (O. <S.). 

 Ain Djendeli, Algeria, 22nd May 



{H. B. Tristram). 

 Madracen, Algeria, 30th May 



{H. B. T.). 

 Palestine, 8th May (if. B. T). 

 Temple of Baalbec, 14th June 



{H. B. T). 

 Waters of Merom, 27th May 



(S. B. T.). 



Seehohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seehohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 L. Fraser, Esq. [C.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Agrobates familiaris (Menetr.). 



(Plate IX. figs. 2 & 3.) 



Aedon familiaris, Dresser, Birds Eiir. ii. p. 553 (1S74) ; Oates, Fauna 



Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 351 (1889) : Sharps, Ibis, 1891, p. 107. 

 Sylvia familiaris, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 36 (1881). 

 Agrobates familiaris, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 185 (1903). 



The eggs of the Grey-backed Warbler are not, as a rule, separable 

 from those of the llufous Warbler. 



Five eggs, however, forming a clutch taken at Shiraz, are pale 

 blue, delicately marked with pale brown and underlying lavender. 

 They differ very conspicuously from all the other eggs of the Grey- 

 backed and llufous Warblers in the Collection. Specimens measure 

 from wo to -9 in length, and from -59 to 'Qb in breadth. 



3. Athens, Greece, 30th May {T. Seebohm Coll. 



Kriiper). 



4. Athens, 1st June (T.^.). Seebohm Coll. 

 4. Athens, 1st June (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Smyrna, 25th May {T. A".). Seebohm Coll. 



