ORTHOTOMUS. — CISTICOLA. 191 



Orthotomus chloronotus (Ogilvie- Grant). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 12.) 



Orthotomus chloronotus, Ogilvie- Grant, Bull. B. O. C. v. p. ii (1895) ; id. 

 Ibis, 1896, p. 117; id. # Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 240; Sharpe, 

 Rand-l. iv. p. 192 (1903). 



The eggs of the Green-backed Tailor-bird are of a blunt oval 

 form and very slightly glossy. They are white, sparingly dotted 

 and spotted, fairly evenly all over, with lake-brown and underlying 

 pale lilac. Thev measure respectively : "65 by -48 ; '63 by "48 ; 

 •63 by -48. 



3. [Province of Isabella, North-east J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



Luzon, Philippines, 29th May. 



Genus CISTICOLA, Kaujp. 



Cisticola ruficapilla, A. Smith. 



(Plate IX. figs. 13 & 14.) 



Cisticola aberrans, Sharpe, ed. LayardCs Birds S.Africa, p. 271 (1875-84) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 245 (1883) ; Nehrh. Eat. Eiersamml. 



p. 55 (1899) ; Stark Sf Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 143 



(1901). 

 Cisticola ruficapilla, Sharpe, Hand- 1, iv. p. 194 (1903). 



The eggs of Smith's Fantail- Warbler are of a lengthened oval 

 shape and very glossy. Those forming one clutch are white, 

 speckled with lilac-red and lavender, chiefly at the broad end. 

 Those forming a second clutch are of a pinkish cream-colour, densely 

 mottled all over with reddish brown and lavender. They measure 

 from *63 to *7 in length, and from *45 to -5 in breadth. 



4. Natal. Dr. Gueinzius [C.]. 



4. Natal. Dr. Gueinzius [C.]. 



Cisticola cisticola (Temm.). 



Sylvia cisticola, Thien. Fortqrftanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxii. fig. 11, a, b 



(1845-54). 

 Cisticola schoenicola, Baedeker, Bier Eur. Vog. tab. 19. fig. 23 (1855-63) ; 



Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 214. 

 Acrocephalus cisticola, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 23, pi. (1875). 

 Cisticola cursitans, Heugl. Orn. N. O.-Afr. i. p. 267, taf. xliii. figs. 4-6 



(1873) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 3 (1877) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., 



Birds, i. p. 374 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests <§• Eggs Ind. Birds, i. 



p. 236 (1889). 

 Cisticola cisticola, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 259 (1883) ; id. Hand-l. 



iv. p. 197 (1903). 



The eggs of the Fantail- Warbler taken in Europe are extremely 

 variable, whereas those taken in India and Burma appear to be 

 always of one type. 



