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Prinia polychroa (Temm,). 

 (Plate XI. fig. 2.) 



Suva polvchroa, Nicholson, Ibis, 1881, p. 150. 



Piiuia polychroa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 202 (1883) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 54 (1899; ; Skarjje, Hand-l. iv. p. 241 (1903). 



The egg of the Java Wren-Warbler in the Collection is of a blunt 

 oval form and fairly glossj'. It is of a very pale greenish-blue colour, 

 marked at the broader end with a large cap of rich chestnut and 

 with a few blotches of the same colour elsewhere. The cap is of 

 very irregular shape and portions of it reach as far as the middle of 

 the egg. This example measures "Gl by '47. 



1. Java, 25th April {H. O. Forbes). F. Nicholson, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus BURNESIA, JmZ. 



Burnesia flaviventris (Delcss.). 



Biu-nesia flaviventris, S/iarpc, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 204 (1883) ; id. 



Ha7id-l. iv. p. 241 (1903). 

 Priuia flaviventris, Oates, tauna Brit. Ltd., Birds, i. p. 449 (1889) ; id. 



ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eyys hid. Birds, i. p. 289 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 54 (1899). 



The eggs of the Ycllow-beliied Wren-Warbler are of a broad oval 

 shape, approaching the spheroidal in many cases. They are highly 

 glossy. 'J'hey vary from a bright chestnut to a deep purplish- 

 chestnut colour. Little of the ground-colour is ever visible in the eggs 

 of this species, but when glimpses of it are to be seen it is found to 

 be of a slightly paler colour than the markings. They measure from 

 '52 to -6 in length, and from '4.3 to '48 in breadth. 



0. Eastern Xarra, Sind (■S'. Doit/). Hume Coll. 

 2. Calcutta, 14th Mav (H. C. Parker). Hume Coll. 

 5. Calcutta, 15th July (H. C. R). Hume Coll. 



1. Pe;2U, 28th July {E. Jl'. Oates : Crowley Eequest. 



iSeebolim Coll.). 



Biiruesia sonitans (Swinh.). 



Prinia sonitans, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1860, p. 50 ; 1863, p. 302 ; La Tonche, 



Ibis, 1898, p. 359. 

 Burnesia sonitans, Shaz-pe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 205 (1883) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 54 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 241 (1903). 



The eggs of the Clamorous Wren- Warbler are of a broad oval 

 form and very glossy. They arc cream-coloured, denselj^ streaked 

 and mottled with bright chestnut. In manj- specimens about 

 one-third of the ground-colour is visible, in others only one-fourth, 

 aud in a few the ground is completely covered and the egg is 



