NESILLA.S. — MEGALUKUS. 199 



21. Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



10. Madagascar. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Madagascar (E. Newton: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Coll.). 



Nesillas lantzi (Grandid.). 



Ellisia madagascariensis, var. lantzii, Milne-Edwards 8f Grandidier, Hist. 



Nat. Madag., Ois. i. p. 330, pi. 303. tigs. 2,2 a (1879). 

 Ellisia lantzii, Cowan, Proc. JR. I'hijs. Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 148 (1882). 

 Ellisia lantzi, Shurpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 121 (1883) ; Ne/irk. Eat. 



Eiersamml. p. 52 (1899). 

 Nesillas lantzi, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 201 (1903). 



The eggs of Lantz's Warbler are very similar to those of 

 N. typica, but they have a much darker greyish-pink ground, the 

 markings are less frequent, and in many specimens the twisted 

 lines are altogether absent. Nine examples measure from - 77 to 

 •85 in length, and from *58 to - 63 in breadth. 



9. Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



Genus SPILOPTILA. Sandev. 

 Spiloptila ocularis (A. Smith). 



Drymoeca ocularia, Ayres, Ibis, 1871, p. 101 ; Sharpe, ed. Bayard's Birds 



S. Africa, p. 256 ^1875-84). 

 Spiloptila ocularia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 232 (1883) ; Nehrk. 



Eat. Eiersamml. p. 55 (1899) ; Stark fy Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, 



Birds, ii. p. 138 (1901). 

 Spiloptila ocularis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 201 (1903). 



The eggs of the Rufous-eared Grass-Warbler are, according to 

 Stark, of a pale bluish-green colour, rather thickly blotched with 

 pale reddish brown. Those in the Collection, however, taken by 

 Layard, are quite plain, one being of a pale blue colour and two 

 others of a bluish-white colour. They are of a blunt oval form 

 and glossy. Two examples measure respectively : -63 by *49 ; 

 •58 by -46. 



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



2. South Africa (E. B. Bayard : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



Genus MEG-ALURUS, Horsf. 

 Megalurus palustris, Horsf. 



Megalurus palustris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 123 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 383 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests § 

 Eygs Ind. Birds, i. p. 249 (1889) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 52 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 202 (1903). 



The eggs of the Striated Marsh- Warbler vary much in shape, 

 some being narrow ovals, others broad ovals, and others again 



