239 



Horornis diphone {Kittl.). 



Cettia diphone, Seebohm, Birds Japan. Emp. p. 77 (1890). 



Four eggs of the Bonin Bush-Warbler are of a regular oval 

 shape, somewhat glossy, and of a dull rufous-chestnut colour. They 

 measure "63 by '5. 



4. 



Chichijimo, Bonin Is., Japan, 

 26tli' May. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus CETTIA, Bonap. 



Cettia cetti {Mam.). 



Sylvia cettii, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 210, tab. xxi. fig. 3, a, b 



(1845-54) ; Bree, Birds Eur. ii. p. 93, pi. (1867). 

 Cettia sericea, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 19. fig. 24 (1855-63). 

 Calamodvta cettii, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 305; Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. 



p. 639 (1876). 

 Bradjpterus cettii, Sautiders, Ibis, 1871, p. 214. 

 Acrocephalus cettii, Bree, torn. cit. 2nd ed. iii. p. 30, pi. (1875). 

 Cettia cetti, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 135 (1881) ; Irby, Orn.Str. 



Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 61 (1895) ; S/iarj^e, Hand-l. iv. p. 238 (1903). 



The eggs of Cetti's Warbler are of a broad oval form and for the 

 most part very glossy. They vary in colour from dark pink to 

 brick-red. About half of the total number of specimens in the Col- 

 lection are plain ; the other half are marked with a more or less 

 distinct zone of pale purplish specks round the larger end. They 

 measure from "67 to 'TT in length, and from -5 to '58 in breadth. 



1. Europe. 



3. Andalucia, Spain (Hargitt Coll.). 

 6. Seville, Spain, 14th May. 



5. Seville, 14th Mav {H. Saunders). 



4. SeviUe, 16th June [H. S.). 



3. Malaga, Spain, 16th June. 



4. Granada, Spain, 27th May {H. 



Saunders). 



1. Attica, Greece, 1st June ( T. 



Kriiper). 

 4. Parnassus, Greece, loth May 



(7'. K. S,- S. Seebohm). 

 4. Parnassus, 28th May ( T. K. (§• 



H. S.). 



2. Parnassus, 2nd June ( T. K. ^■ 



H. S.). 



4. SmjTna {T. Kriiper). 

 1. Smyrna ( r. A'.). 



3- Astrakhan (Henke). 



5. Astrakhan (Henke). 



1. Algeria, 20th May (0. Salvin). 



3. Lake Ilalloula, Algeria, 19th May 



(H. B. Tristrai7i). 

 5. Lake Ilalloula, 20th May (.ff.^. T.). 



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

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowlej' Bequest. 



