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variously raottled and spotted with pale french-grey uiider- 

 markings and brown upper-markings. In one egg the 

 markings are chiefly concentrated into a zone I'ound the 

 middle of the shell ; in the other two they are pretty equally 

 scattered over the whole shell. Measurements 21 mm. x 

 16 mm. 



B. Clutch of 2 eggs. Province of Isabella, North-east Luzon, 

 25th May, 1894. J. Whitehead. 



Much like the above and equally spotted all over, but the 

 over-markings are of a more yellowish brown. Measure- 

 ments 22 mm. X 15 mm. 



This Lark was nesting in an open bit of country thinly 

 covered with tufts of grass, beneath which the nests were 

 concealed. Fully-fledged young birds of this species were 

 also observed on the same date. 



29. MuNiA JAGORI Cab. Little Chestnut Weaver. 

 A. Clutch of 5 eggs. Philippine Is. J. B. Steere. 



Eggs ovate. Pure white. Measurements 16 mm. x 

 11 mm. 



Nest large, loosely constructed of broad grasses and strips 

 of bamboo-leaf and lined with dead grass-tops. 



30. Pitta atricapilla Less. Philippine Black-headed 

 Pitta. 



A. Clutch of 2 eggs (1 accidentally broken). Near Paranos, 

 Samar, 30th June, 1896. J. Whitehead. 



Shape rounded ovate. Grround-colour pure white, thickly 

 speckled all over with brown and larger underlying spots of 

 french-grey, the latter being most numerous round the 

 larger pole. Measurements 26 mm. x 21 mm. 



The nest with two slightly incubated eggs (one of which 

 was broken) were brought by a native, together with the 

 parent birds. The somewhat bulky nest was composed 

 outwardly of twigs and lined with moss. 



31. Caprimulgus griseatus G. R. Gray. Gray's PhiUp- 

 pine Nightjar. (Plate VL fig. 7.) 



A. Clutch of 2 eggs. Cape Engano, North-east Luzon, 26th 

 May, 1895. J. Whitehead. 



