218 STLVIIDJ5. 



varying in tint in different clutches. In both these types the 

 markings are generally evenly spread over the shell. In a third 

 type, the ground-colour is nearly pure white, and the broader half 

 of the egg is thickly spotted and blotched with chestnut-brown 

 and lavender, the smaller half being very sparingly marked. 

 Measurements vary from -66 to '75 in length, and from -52 to 

 •56 in breadth. 



2. Malaga, Spain {S. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Malaga, 2nd May {H. 8.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Malaga, 8th May {H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Malaga, 2(;th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. INIalaga, 27th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Malaga, 29th May {H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Malaga, 29th May {H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 

 6. Malaga, 29th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Malaga, 18th June (R. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Malaga, 26th June {H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Malaga, 8th July (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Valencia, Spain {S. Martin). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Gibraltar {G. Bantez). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Algeria {H. B. Tristram). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Kouba, Algeria, 20th April (if. i?. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Algeria, I9th April {B. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Algeria, 21st April (H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Algeria, 9th May (//. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Algeria, June {H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



Melizophilus undatus (Bodd.). 



Sylvia provincialis, Tkien. Fortpjlanz.ges. Tog. p. 184, tab. xx.fig. 10, «, b 



(1845-54) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 31 (1881) ; id. Brit. 



Birds, i. p. 414, pi. 10 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 204, pi. 53. 



fig. 1 (1896). 

 Melizophilus ^vo\'mc\alvi,Baedeker,EierEur. FoV/.tab. 51. fig.3(1855-63) ; 



id. J.f. O. 1856, p. 32, taf. i. fig. 4 ; Sewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. 



p. 143, pi. xxxvii. (1857) ; Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 418. 

 Melizophilus undatus, Dre.tser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 441 (1875) ; SharjK, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 212 (1903). 



The eggs of the Dartford Warbler are of a rather pointed oval 

 shape, and while some specimens exhibit a high gloss, others are 

 entirely devoid of it. The common type of egg of this species is 

 of a greyish or greenish-white colour, or, occasionally, of a pure 

 white colour, speckled and blotched with umber-browu and lavender. 

 In some examples the markings are small and distinct ; in others 

 they are coarse, frequently coalescing and forming a bold cap at the 

 broad end. 



A clutch of eggs from Spain differs from the above in being of a 

 pinkish-white colour, speckled with chestnut, lilac-red, and lavender, 

 very densely at the broad end, where the markings form a cap. 



Two specimens, forming another clutch, are of an olive-grey 

 colour, mottled with lavender-grey and pale brown, and spotted, 

 in the case of one example, with umber-brown. 



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