MEOALUEITS. SCHCENICOL.V. 20l 



^''^^{'V- " ff- '"/;'''''-'■ ^"'- ^'-~^- P- -53, taf. ii. 

 ng. w (l»yy) ; ^hai-pe, lland-l. iv. p. 202 (lyO;i). 



iJof' T^ 'l*^' l^>^f«"«-lieaded Marsh- Warbler in the Collection 

 are ot a blunt oval shape and rather glossy. They are pinkish 



tTrnT^^i""' 't '''''''''' ''''^''"^ ^^^ °^^^ -i^^ pinkish^rown 

 and lilac, ihe markings are denser at the larger end than else- 

 where and form an Undefined zone or cap at%hat part ^^e 

 8 by^6 ! ^g^^'^^^^^^^^P'^^ti-eiy = -y-^ by -6 ; -84 by -62 ; %6 by 64 ; 



^' ^^^8thMr^' Plulippiiie Islands, Steere Exped. 

 2. Marinduque, May (Steere Exped.). Crowley Bequest. 



Megalurus macrurus {Salvad.). 



J^at. M.zersa7nml. p. 5d (1899) j ^/ia/-;?e, ^a«rf-/. iy. p. ^02 (lyo^j. 



« ;tlf"^ ''^ the Long-tailed Grass-Warbler in the Collection is of 

 a regular oval shape and fairly glossy It is of a orpvi^v, i 

 colour, speckled and%lotched, iiflly aV the\"oad enf, irth"^ "h 

 brownish purple and lavender. There are also a fe^ ia h-lmes 

 mingled with the other markings. It measures -bS by 62 



Ihe three eggs from i\ew Guinea also referred to this snecies 

 are of aa entirely different type ; the ground-colour is pinki h wh te 

 densely speckled all over with rich brownish purple, especially 

 toward the larger end, where the markings unite nto cloudv 

 blotches. They measure -9 to -95 by -60 to -64. ^ 



3' sZu^'^'T ^f'^'-^y^ ^'"^^•)- Crowley Bequest. 



3. bouth-easteru New Guniea. Mr. £. Weiske [C.J. 



Genus SCH(ENICOLA, Blyth. 

 Schoenicola platyura (Jerd.). 

 Schoenicola platyura, SMrpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 110 (1883) ■ Oates 

 i-^^naB t^lnd BMs, i. p. 384 {\^%'^),^led.RunSNets% 

 Eyy^ Ind. Bu-ds, i. p. 251 (1889) ; Sharpe, Uand-l. iv. p. 203 (itosf 



The egg of the Broad-tailed Grass- Warbler in the CoUection is 

 ot a very broad oval form and fairly glossy. It is white densely 

 speckled and blotched with dull ehestiiut-brown ani pale uS 

 Ijing lavender. At the broad end the markings are denser and 

 more or less confluent. The example measures -73 by -6 



1. Belgauni, India, 19th Sept. Ilimie Coll. 



l-c.. A. Butler). 



