246 STLVIID^. 



uniform chestnut. They measure from -52 to "04 ia length, and 

 from -43 to '5 in breadth. 



207. Formosa (72. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



7. Formosa (iJ. Swinhoe: Tristram Crowley JJequest. 



Coll.). 



2. Foochow, China, 5th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.l. 



5. Foochow, 20th May. C. B. liickett, Esq. [P.J. 



Buniesia superciliaris (SalvacL). 



(Plate XL fig. 4.) 



Prinia superciliaris, Sharpe, P. Z. S 1879, p. 341. 



Burnesia superciUaris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 206 (1883) ; id. 



Ibis, 1889, p. 278; Everett, List Birds Borneo, p. 102 (1889); 



Nehrk. Kat. JEiersamml. p. 54 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 241 



ri903). 



The eggs of the Born can Wren-Warbler are broad ovals and very 

 glossy. They vary from pinkish brown to a rich dark chestnut 

 colour. They are almost uniform, little or none of the ground- 

 colour being visible. They measure from "59 to '64 in length, 

 and from •48 to -51 in breadth. 



13. Labuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



2. Borneo. A. H. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



o. Labuan, 20th May (/. Whitehead). Ci'owley Bequest. 



15. Labuan {Sir Hugh Loic). Crowley Bequest. 



Burnesia substriata (^4. Smith). 

 (Plate XL fig. 3.) 



DrjTuceca substriata, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 256 



(1875-84). 

 Burnesia substriata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 206 (1883) ; id. 



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

 Prinia substriata, Stark ^ Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 131 



(1901). 



The eggs of the White-breasted Wren- Warbler resemble those of 

 typical Prinia. They vary in shape from a rather blunt to a long 

 oval form and are highly glossed. The ground-colour is pale sea- 

 green, sparingly blotched and spotted all over with chocolate- 

 brown, reddish brown, and under-lying lavender markings. They 

 measure from "6 to -QS in length, and "44 to 45 in breadth. 



4. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



4. South Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Burnesia socialis (Si/kes). 



Prinia socialis, Lefffje, Birds Ceylon, p. 529 (1879) ; Oates, Fauna Bi-it. 



Iml, Birds, i. p. 450 (1889) ; id. ed. Hu7ne, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. 



Birds, i. p. 291 (1889). 

 Burnesia socialis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 208 (1883); Nehrk. 



Kat. Eievsamml. p. o4 (1899J : Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 242 (1903). 



