486 Mr. H. E. Dresser on rare 



XX. — Further Notes on rare Palaarctic Birds' Eggs. 

 By H. E. Dresser, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., &c. 



(Plate X.) 



In continuation of former papers on this subject published 

 ia ' The Ibis/ I beg leave to offer further notes on some rare 

 and unfigured eggs of birds of the Eastern Palaearctic area 

 with illustrations. 



(1) Rhopophilus albisuperciliaris. White-browed 

 Babbler. (Plate X. fig. 3.) 



Rhopophilus albisuperciliaris Dresser, Man. Pal. B. p. 146. 



I have never been able to get any information respecting 

 the nidification of this species, but seeing that there was an 

 egg of it in the Stoate collection, recently sold by auction, I 

 secured it and find that it is marked in the handwriting of 

 Mr. D. Scully : " Suya albosuperciliai'is, Yarkand, 13 June, 

 1875." On referring to ' Stray Feathers,' iv. p. 147, I find 

 that Mr. Scully stayed the whole of June 1875 at Yarkand, 

 and states that " this species is tolerably common in the plains 

 of Eastern Turkestan, where it is said to be a permanent 

 resident. It has a rather sweet plaintive note, and frequents 

 long grass and bushes growing near rivers and streams. It 

 breeds in May and June.'' Mr. Scully does not give any 

 particulars of its nesting-habits, but I think that these 

 eggs may be regarded as sufficiently identified. 



(2) Otocorys elwesi. Elwes's Shore-Lark. (Plate X. 

 figs. 1, 2.) 



Otocorys elwesi Dresser, Man. Pal. B. p. 379. 



It is not easy to get properly authenticated eggs of this 

 Shore-Lark, and until I obtained a clutch along with the 

 parent bird from Tibet I did not place representatives of them 

 in my collection, as I could only obtain them from dealers. 

 The two eggs now figured belong to that clutch of which full 

 particulars were given in ' The Ibis ' for 1906 (pp. 342, 343), 

 so that I need not repeat them here. 



