1 (54 TUEDID.T3. 



entirely wanting. Specimens measure from *7S to "87 in length, 

 and from *57 to 'Q5 in breadth. 



2. Punjab, 14th April. Hume Coll. 



2. Jhansi, Punjab. Hume Coll. 



3. Delhi. 1 -lili April (C. T. Bingham). Hum.' Coll. 



1. Sambhur, 10th May (JR. M. 'Adam). Hume Coll. 

 3. Ajmere, 30th Aug. (A. O. Hume). Hume Coll. 

 8. Agra, 18th June. Hume Coll. 

 3. Etawah, 29tb March. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 6th April. Hume Coll. 



2. NAN". Provinces, India, May Crowley Bequest. 



( W. E. Brooks : Tristram Coll.). 



3. Saugor, C. Provs., 12th May. Hume Coll. 



Cercomela asthenia, Bonap. 

 (Plate VII. fig. 13.) 



Pratincola melanura, apud Tristram. Ibis, 1867, p. 5)7. 



Myrmecocichla yerburii, Sharpe, Bull. B O. C. iv. p. xxxviii (1895) ; id. 



Ibis, 1895, p. 384 ; Terbury, Ibis, 1896, p. 24. 

 Cercomela asthenia, Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 174 (1903). 



The small series of eggs of Bonaparte's Chat-Robin in the Collection 

 are very like those of C. fusca, but they are slightly smaller, and 

 the markings appear to be larger and more decided, with the ground- 

 colour a trifle paler. Six examples measure from -71 to *78 in 

 length, and from -57 to *61 in breadth. 



4. Wilderness of Judaea, 25th April Crowley Bequest. 



( J/. />'. Tristram). 

 2. Palestine, 6th June (H. B. T). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus P0LI0CICHLA, Sharpe. 



Poliocichla cinerea ( Vieill.). 



Saxicola cinerea, Sharpe, ed. Bayard's Birds S. Africa, p. 242 (1875-84). 

 Myrmecocichla cinerea, Seebohm, Cat. Birds IJ. M. v. p. 358 (1881). 

 Emarginata cinerea, Stark $ Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 204 



(1901). 

 Poliocichla cinerea, Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 175 (1908). 



The eggs of the Lesser Sickle-winged Chat-Robin are of a regular 

 oval shape and very glossy. They are of a blue colour, speckled 

 with rust-colour, chiefly at the broad end. They measure from 

 •8 to '9 in length, and from *6 to -04 in breadth. 



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

 1. S. Africa (E. L. Layard). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Nel's Poort, S. Africa ('/'. Atmore: Crowlev Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



