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Genus LUSCINIOLA, Gray. 

 Lnsciniola melanopogon (Temm.). 



Acrocephalus melanopogon, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 19, pi. 



(1875). 

 Lusciniola melanopogon, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 605 (1876); Seebohm, 



Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 132 (1881) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Lid., Birds, 



i. p. 369 (1889) ; Irhy, Orn. Str. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 61 (1895) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 791 (1903). 



The eggs of the Moustached Warbler do not appear to be separable 

 from those of the Heed- Warbler (Acrocejjhaliis streperus). They have 

 a pale greenish-white ground, mottled and blotched with greenish 

 brown and underlying grey. They are also marked very sparingly with 

 small black dots at the broad end. Five examples measure respec- 

 tively : -67 by -5 ; -7 by -51 ; '71 by 5 ; -69 by -51 ; *7 by -52. 



3. Valencia, Spain, April (H Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Valencia, April (H. S.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Astrakhan, April (Henke). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus SUTORIA, Nicholson. 



Sutovia sutoria (Forst.). 



Orthotomus sutorius, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 517 (1879) ; Oates, Fauna 



Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 366 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests tlf Egqs hid. 



Birds, i. p. 231 (1889). 

 Sutoria sutoria, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 215 (1883) ; Barnes, 



Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc: v. p. 9, pi. tig. 530 (1890) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 55 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 191 (1903). 



The eggs of the Indian Tailor-bird are of a pointed oval form 

 and possess a considerable amount of gloss. The ground-colour is 

 either white or pale blue, and is marked with different shades of 

 reddish brown and chestnut. In some specimens the markings 

 consist of small specks and spots pretty evenly distributed over the 

 egg ; in others they consist of spots, clouds, or blotches, and in these 

 they are more or less confluent at the larger end, where they form 

 a bold cap or an irregular zone. A few examples are marked almost 

 exclusively at the larger end. The eggs measure from *6 to *7 in 

 length, and from *45 to *5 in breadth. 



