NESILLAS, MEGALtTRTTS. 199 



21. Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



10. Madagascar. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Madagascar {E. Newton: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Coll.). 



Nesillas lantzi (Grandid.). 



EUisia madagascariensis, var. lantzii, Milne- Edivards ^ Grandidier, Hint. 



Nat. Madag., Ois. i. p. 330, pi. 303. tigs. 2,2 a (1679). 

 Ellisia lantzii, Cowan, Proc. R. I'hijs. Soc. Edinh. vii. p. 148 (1882). 

 Ellisia lantzi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds li. M. vii. p. 121 (18S3J ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eicrsamml. p. 52 (1899). 

 Nesillas lantzi, Sharpe, Hand-1. iv. p. 201 (1903). 



The eggs of Lantz's "Warbler are very similar to those of 

 N. tijpica, but they have a much darker greyish-pink ground, the 

 markings are less frequent, and in many specimens the twisted 

 lines are altogether absent. Nine examples measure from "77 to 

 •85 in length, and from 'oS to '63 in breadth, 



9. Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



Genus SPILOPTILA... Sundev. 

 Spiloptila ocularis {A. Smith). 



Drymoeca ocularia, Ay res, Ibis, 1871, p. 101 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds 



S. Africa, p. 2o6\l87o-84). 

 Spiloptila ocularia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 232 (1883) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 55 (1899) ; Stark ^ Sclater, Fauna S. Africa^ 



Birds, ii. p. 138 (1901). 

 Spiloptila ocularis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 201 (1903). 



The eggs of the Eufous-eared Grass- Warbler are, according to 

 Stark, of a pale bluish-greeu colour, rather thickly blotched with 

 pale reddish browu. Those in the Collection, however, taken by 

 L'lyard, are quite plain, one being of a pale blue colour and two 

 others of a bluish-white colour. They are of a blunt oval form 

 and glossy. Two examples measure respectively : -63 by '49 ; 

 •58 by -46. 



1. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.J. 



2. South Africa [E. L. Layard : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



Genus MEGALURUS, Horsf. 

 Megalurus palustris, Horsf. 



Megalurus palustris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 123 (1883); Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 383 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests ^^ 

 Eijijs hid. Birds, i. p. 249 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 52 

 (l899j ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 202 (1903). 



The eggs of the Striated Marsh-"Warbler vary much in shape, 

 some being narrow ovals, others broad ovals, and others again 



