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Genus BRADYPTERUS, Swains. 

 Bradypterus bracliypterus {Vieill.). 



Bradypterus trachvpterus, Shurpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 286 

 (1875-84); Butler, Feilden Sf Beid', Zool. 1882, p. 245; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 113 (1883) ; Stark ^ Scluter, Fauna S. Africa, 

 Birds, ii. p. 99 (1901; ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 204 (1903). 



The eggs of the Stripe-throated Reed-'Warbler in the Collection 

 are of a blunt oval form and moderately glossy. They are of a 

 greenish-white colour, thickly spotted and mottled, especially at the 

 broader end, with reddish brown and lavender. They measure 

 respectively : '9 by "62 ; '8 by •62. 



2. Cape of Good Hope {Miss Dacres : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



Genus CHiETORNIS, Grcnj. 



Chsetornis locustelloides (Blijth). 



(Plate IX. fig. 18.) 



Chc-etornis locustelloides, Sharpe, Cat. Birds' B. M. vii. p. 130 (1883) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 388 (1889); id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests (§• Ft/qs Ind. Birds, i. p. 252 (1889) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eicrsumml. 

 p. 53 (1899) ; Shcuye, Hand-l. iv. p. 205(1903). 



The eggs of the Bristled Grass-Warbler are of a regular oval 

 form and but very slightly glossy. They are white, with a tinge of 

 pink, speckled and spotted, more densely at the larger end than 

 elsewhere, with pinkish brown, lilac-red, and lavender. They 

 measure from "76 to -85 in length, and from •57 to "02 in breadth. 



1. Deesa, Central India, 18th May Hume Coll. 



{E. A. Butler). 



4. Faridpur, Bengal, 23rd May Hume Coll. 



{J. R. Cripps). 



4. Faridpur, 27tli May (/. B. C). Hume Coll. 



3. Faridpur, 28th May [j. R. C). Hume Coll. 



Genus CALAMOCICHLA, Sharpe. 

 Calamocichla newtoni (Hartl.). 



Calamoherpe newtoni, F. Neioton, Ibis, 1863, p. 344, pi. xiii. fig. 3 ; 



Cotvan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Fditib. vii. p. 148 (1882). 

 Calamodyta newtonii, Milne-Edwards ^ Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Maclag., 



Ots. p. 336, pi. 303. %• 4 (1879). 

 Calamocichla newtoni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 131 (1883) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 63 (1899J ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 205 



(19U3). 



The eggs of Newton's Grass-Warbler are of an ordinary oval 

 form and but very slightly glossy. They are of a pale greyish- 



