FRAXKLINIA. 197 



4. Seoni, 26th Aug-. Hume Coll. 



5. Raipur, C. Provs., 12tli July. Hume Coll. 



6. Raipur, l:itli July. Hume Coll. 

 1. Raipur, 7th Aug. Hume Coll. 

 1. Pegu, Bui-ma, 19th Aug. {E. W. Gates Coll. 



Gates). 

 4. Margherita, Assam, 25th May. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [P.]. 



Franklinia rufescens (Blyth). 



Prinia beavani, Wald. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 551. 



Cisticola beavaui, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. vii. p. 255 (1883) ; JS'ehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 55 (1899). 

 Franklinia riilesceus, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 377 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 242 (1889) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 200 (1903). 



The eggs of Beavan's Wren- Warbler are of a regular oval shape 

 and possess a considerable amount of gloss. One egg in the 

 Collection is of a plain greenish-blue colour. The others have the 

 ground of this same colour, but are speckled and spotted with 

 cliestnut. The markings are thinly scattered over the shell, except 

 at the broad end, where they are confluent and form a well-marked 

 zone. Specimens measure from '55 to '61 in length, and from 

 •45 to -47 in breadth. 



3. Dibrughur, Assam, 3rd June. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C], 



3. Dibrughur, 3rd June. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C". 



3. Dibrughur. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 

 1. Pegu, 2i)th June {E. W. Oates). Hume Coll. 



4. Pegu, 1st July [E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



1. Pegu, 25th July (i?. TT': 0.).' Oates CoU. 



2. Pegu, 25th Jidy (^E. W. O. : See- Crowley Bequest. 



boJim Coll.). 



Franklinia buchanani (Bli/th). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 17.) 



Cisticola buchanani, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 246 (1883) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 55 (1899). 

 Fraukliuia buchanani, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 378 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eg,js Ind. Birds, i. p. 243 (1889) ; Sharije, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 200 (1903).' 



The eggs of the Rufous-fronted Wren-Warbler vary from a 

 narrow to a broad oval shape and are fairly glossy. They are 

 greyish white, sometimes with a slight tinge of green, thickly 

 speckled all over, but most densely at the larger end, with reddish 

 brown in some specimens, purplish brown in others, and underlying 

 dull purple or lilac. The markings are generally minute, but on 

 many examples they are intermingled with spots or small blotches, 

 especially at the large end, where they are frequently confluent 

 and form a cap or zone. The density of the speckling varies 

 greatly in different specimens. The eggs measure from "55 to '65 

 in length, and from -43 to '52 in breadth. 



