The Oo/ogists' Record, June i, 1921. 



35 



My measurements of the eggs taken in 1918 may be of interest, 

 but I have not vet measured any of my 1920 lot. 



Set. Average Measure- 



ment in Inches. 



Set. Average Measure- 



ment in Inches. 

 •59 X -46 



X 

 X 

 X 



X 

 X 

 X 



X 

 X 



I 



4 

 3 



2 



4 

 2 



4 



I 



4 



5« 



587 



585 



575 



57 

 5(^25 



55 



525 



435 

 443 

 46 



45 



44 

 46 



44 

 43 



.46 



•4475 



•438 



•45 



•443 



•4625 



•43 



•45 

 •46 



•45 

 Average of total, -586" X -448". 



Maxima and Minima. 



•63" X -44" and -50" X -43" Length. 



•54" X -42" and -56" X -47" Breadth. 



In 1920, I found 16 nests with eggs between the 20th April 

 and the nth July, besides a good many old nests as well as others 

 which contained young birds in all stages. In both seasons I had to 

 practically give up egg work after the middle of July, so my obser- 

 vations are really not quite complete. 



During 1920. these notes were made in the coastal plain a few 

 miles south of Jaffa. 



I cannot lay down any hard and fast rules which will guide 

 the oologist to numerous nests, as, unlike most other breeding 

 Warblers of this country, this species will breed almost anywhere, 

 except of course on the open ground ! However, wherever one 

 sees these birds dining the breeding months as noted above, one 

 may reasonably expect to find a nest in the near vicinity — though it 

 may quite possibly be a question of some hundreds of 3^ards — at 

 any rate if they have got a nest they do not go very far away from 

 it. Moreover, they seem inordinately proud of their building 

 capabilities, and like to show off in front of intruders and I have 

 often watched the birds building, with a distance of only a few 

 feet between myself and the nest at which they were working. 

 They will always give away the position of a nest ; are by no 

 means shy and often do not leave the nest when sitting until 



