PEINIA. 243 



the beauty or variety of the markings, which are a combination of 

 bold blotches, clouds, and spots, with delicate, intricate inter- 

 woven lines recalling somewhat, but more elaborate and, I think, 

 finer than, those of our old favourite — the Yellow Ammer. The 

 markings are invariably most conspicuous at the large end, where 

 there is very commonly a conspicuous confluent cap, and the 

 delicate lines are almost without exception confined to the broader 

 half of the egg. 



" Very commonly the smaller end of the egg is entirely spotless, 

 and I have a beautiful specimen now before me in which the only 

 markings consist of a ring of delicate lines round the large end. 

 Some idea of the delicacy and intricacy of these lines may be formed 

 when I mention that this zone is barely one-tenth of an inch broad, 

 and yet, in a good light, between twenty and thirty interlaced lines 

 making up this zone may be counted." 



The eggs measure from '53 to "7 in length, and from -42 to -o in 

 breadth. 



18. India. W. EadclifTe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. Sind (J. II. Gould). Salvin-Gndman Coll. 

 6. Sind {J. H. G.). Gould Coll. 



261. North- West Provinces, India. Hume Coll. 



32. Agra, Julv and Aug. Hume Coll. 



3. Aligarh, Au?. Hume Coll. 

 3. Allahabad, oth Julv. Hume Coll. 

 3. Allahabad, 29th July. Hume Coll. 



5. Bombay, 13th Oct. " Hume Coll. 

 15. Saugor, C. Provs., Aug. Hume Coll. 



8. Raipur, C. Provs. Hume Coll. 



1. Belgaum (E. A. Sutler). Hume Coll. 



2. Coonoor,Nilghiri Hills. 22nd May. Hume Coll. 

 2. Kotagherrv, Nilghiri Hills, 5th' Hume Coll. 



July {Mhs Cockhurn). 



6. Cevlon, March and April {A. L. Crowley Bequest. 



Butler). 



Prinia blanfordi {Wald.'). 



Prinia inornata {nee Sykes), Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 195, part. 



(188;^). 



Prinia blanfordi, Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 454 ('1889) ; id. ed. 

 Hume. Nests ^- Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 305 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 iv. p. 240 (1903). 



The egg3 of the Burmese AVren-Warbler differ from those of 

 P. inornata in the colour of the ground, which in the majority of 

 specimens is pale pinkish buff; in others pale blue or greenish 

 white ; and in others again a pale salmon-pink. The markings are 

 of quite the same character in the eggs of the two species, but in 

 those of the present bird they are always bolder and larger, 



2. Pegu, 30th May {E. TV. Gates). Gates Coll. 



2. Pegu, 28th June (E. W. O.). Gates Coll. 



2. Pegu, 10th Julv {E. U'. O.). Gates Coll. 



