20G 



5. Athens, 1st Jnne (T. Kriqjer). 



5. Athens, 1st June [T. K.). 



3. Attica, 2Gth ]\ray {T. A'.). 



5. Attica, 1st June {T. K.). 



3. Attica, 2nd June (T. A.). 



4. Smyrna, 22nd May (T. A'.)- 



5. Smyrna, 25th May ( T. E.) . 

 5. Smyrna, 17th June {T. K.). 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebobm Coll. 

 Seebohm CoU. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebobm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebobm Coll. 



Iduna languida {Hempr. ^- Ehr.). 

 (Plate X. fig. 2.) 



Hvpolais upcberi, Tristram, Ibis, 1867, pp. 81, 82. 



Hypolais lanouida. Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 5.35 (1874) ; Blanford, East. 



Persia, ii. p. 183 (1876) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. 31. \. p. 80 (1881); 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 32 (1899). 

 Iduna languida, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 208 (1903). 



The eggs of Upchers Tree-Warbler have the ground-colour pale 

 pinkish grey, and are sparingly marked all over with rounded spots 

 and dots of purplish black and faint lavender. The average 

 measuremenj) is -76 by -55. 



Palestine, May and June {H, B. 



Tristram). 

 Palestine, 4th June (H. B. T.). 

 Jericho, 12th May. 

 Sisakt, S.W. Persia, 30th May. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godraan Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



H. F. Witberby, Esq. [P.]. 



Iduna pallida {Hempr. 6,- Ehr.). 



Sylvia elaica, Thien. Fortjyflanz. ges. Viiq. p. 170, tab. xix. fig. 15, a-c 



' (1845-54); Bree, Birds Eur. ii. p. 54, pi. (1867). 

 Chloropeta elaeica, Baedeker, Eier Evr. Voff. tab. 19. fig. 4 (1855-63). 

 Plypolais elaica, Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 82 ; Bree, Birds Etir. 2nd ed. 



ii. p. 145, pi. (1875). 

 Hypolais pallida, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 537 (1874) ; Seebohm, Cat. 



Birds B.M. v. p. 82 (1881); Oates, Fanna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. 



p. .392 (1889). 

 Iduna pallida, Shtnpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 208 (1903). 



The eggs of the Olivaceous Tree-Warbler are of a pale pinkish- 

 grey colour, marked in the same manner as those of /. olivetorvm. 

 The markings, however, are on the whole rather smaller, and 

 there is a general absence of lines. Measurements vary from 

 •64: to 'TS in length, and from -47 to '55 in breadth. 



6. 



Macedonia, ICth June ( T. E)-iiper). Seebobm Coll. 



Nvmphion, Greece, 4th June Seebohm Coll. 



'{T.K.). 



Athens, 26th May {T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



Athens, 1st June {T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



Athens, 1st June {T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



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



Athens, 2nd June (T. K). Seebohm Coll. 



Athens, 8th June {T. E.). Seebohm Coll. 



