110 MOIACILLID^. 



and clouded all over with greyish-brown ; one of the eggs has a 

 dark hair-line at the larger end. 



2. Antipodes I., New Zealand. Lt. Keunett Dixon, R.N. [P.]. 



Genus OPvEOCORYS, Sharpe. 



Oreocorys sylvanus (Hodgs.). 



(Plate VI. figs. 2&3.) 



Oreocorys sylvanus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 622 (1885) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit, hid.. Birds, ii. p. -"US (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests 8f 

 Eggs hid. Birds, ii. p. 217 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 152 (1906;. 



The eggs of the Upland Pipit are of abroad oval shape and moderately 

 glossy. They are purplish- white, profusely speckled and spotted with 

 reddish- or purplish-brown and underlying dark purplish-grey or 

 lavender. The markings, though dense everywhere, are very 

 crowded together at the broad end and form a contluent cap or 

 zone. Specimens measure from -82 to "98 in length, and from "03 

 to '72 in breadth. 



9. Kotgarh, Himalavas (A. 0. H.). Iluuie Coll. 



1. K.3tfrarh, 2ad April {A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



1. Kotgarh, 4th May {A. O.H.). Hume Coll. 



3. Kotgarh, 6th Mav {A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 

 8. Kotgarh, 15th May [A. 0. H.). Hume Coll. 



1. Kotgarh, 26ih May (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



2. Kotgarh, 29tb May {A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Kotgarh, 3rd June (A. O. II). Hume CoU. 



4. Kotgarh, 4th June (A. 0. II). Hume Coll. 



1. Kotgarh, 15th May (A. O. H. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Genus MACRONYX, Simins. 



Macronyx capensis, Linn. 



(Plate VI. figs. 1 & 4.) 



Macronyx capensis, Sharpe, ed. Lai/ard, Birds S. Africa, p. 530 (1875-84); 

 Butler, Feilden Sf Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 335 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M, 

 X. p. 623 (1885); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 93 (1899); Stark, 

 Fawi. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 238 (1900) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 2 

 (1902) ; Shar2)e, Hand-l. v. p. 153 (1906). 



The eggs of the Cape Long-clawed Pipit are of a very blunt oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. The eggs of one clutch in the Collection 

 are cream-colour, profusely mottled and streaked all over with 

 lilac-red and pale lavender. Those of two other clutches are dull 

 white, spotted and blotched with pale brown and underlying dull 

 purple. They measure from "92 to 1-0 in length, and from -OS to 

 •72 in breadth. 



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



3. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Ladysmith, Natal, Nov. Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.]. 



9. Trausvaal ( r. ^;/res ; TristrainColl.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Johannesburg, Transvaal, Dec. C. C. Roberts, Esq. [P.]. 



