'.'>- timkuid.t:. 



A few pale purple specks are also spread over the shell. The egg;* 

 measure from "66 to - 8 in length, and from '5 to "55 in hreadth. 



13. Mysore (J. Macpherson). Hume Coll. 



3. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 9th Hume Coll. 



June (Miss Cockburn). 



3. Kotagherry, 12th Juue (Miss Cock- Hume Coll. 



bum). 



3. Coonoor, Nilghiri Hill-, 30th Mar. Hume Coll. 



3. Curzon, Nilghiri Hills, 27th April. Hume Coll. 



3. Curzon, 7th May. Hume Coll. 



4. Ceylon (A. L. Butler). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus DUMETIA, Blyth. 



Dumetia hyperythra (FranJcl.). 



Dumetia hyperythra, Sharpe, Cut. Birds B. J/, vii. p. 515 (1883); 

 Gates, Fauna Brit. Intl., Birds, i. p. L33 (1889); id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests fy Etjqs Ind. Birds, i. p. 92 (1889) ; Sharpe, Haud-l. iv. p. 27 

 (1903). 



The eggs of the Rufous-bellied Babbler closely resemble those 

 of the preceding species, but they are smaller, and somewhat 

 broader in relation to their length. The ground-colour varies from 

 white to a pronounced pink, and the markings on many eggs are 

 much coarser than on those of the allied species. The eggs measure 

 from -6 to *7 in length, and from "5 to - 56 in breadth. 



1. India. Crowley Bequest. 



2. India. Hume ("oil. 

 1. Chunar, 20th June ( W. E. Brooks). Hume Coll. 

 1. Raipur, Central Provinces. Hume Coll. 

 9. Raipur, 1st July. Hume Coll. 

 5. Raipur, Aug. Hume Coll. 



Genus SPHENCEACUS, Strict-/. 



Sphenceacus africanus (Gm.). 



(Plate HI. fig. 1.) 



Sphenceacus africanus, Sharpe, ed. Bayard's Bird* S. Africa, p. 280 

 (IS74 -84); id. Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 95 (1883); Nehrk. Eat. 

 Eiersamml. p. •">2(1899); Stark Sf Sclater, Fauna s. Africa, Birds, 

 ii. p. 1(37 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 29 (190:;). 



The eggs of the Pointed-tailed Grass-Warbler are of a narrow 

 and blunt oval shape, and glossy. They are of a white colour, 

 mottled with very pale grey. Tho average size of five specimens 

 is -88 by -01. 



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



4. South Africa (E. L. "Layard: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Coif.). 



