200 



spheroidal. They exhibit a small amount of gloss. The ground 

 colour is white, and this in some cases is densely speckled, in 

 others speckled, niotl led, and streaked, with purplish brown, umber- 

 brown, and underlying lavender. The markings are more closely 

 set together al the broad end than elsewhere, and sometimes form 

 an irregular cap. Examples measure from '8 to *92 in length, and 

 from - 02 to "68 in breadth. 



Eoshungabad, India, 4th May 



(E. C. An mi ). 



Calcutta, 7th May. 



Dibrugurh, Assam, 3rd April (J. Ii. 

 Crtpps). 



Dibrugurh, 3rd May (J. It. C). 



Sadiya, Assam, 29th May ^Cock- 

 burn). 



Win, Pegu, 19th May {E. 71'. 

 Oates). 



Pegu, 19th May (/■:. W. <>.). 



Pegu, liiih May {E. W. 0. : See- 

 In >h in Coll.). 



Java. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Crowley lit 'quest. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Megalurus gramineus (Gould). 



Sphenoeacua gramineus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 400 (1865). 

 Megalurus gramineus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 125 (18s:!); North, 



Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 14<i ( L887) : Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 52 ( 1899) ; Cam} bell, Nests <§• Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 224, pi. 10 



(1901); Sharpe, Hand4. iv. p. 202 (1903). 



The eggs of the Little Australian Grass-Warbler are of a blunt 

 oval form and almost devoid of gloss. They arc pinkish white, 

 densely speckled and molt led with reddish brown, purplish red and 

 underlying lavender. In some examples the markings are ex- 

 tremely dense round the larger end and form a broad zone. In 

 others they are evenly distributed over the shell. Specimens 

 measure from - 7 to *7o in length, and from - 52 to -5S in breadth. 



1. 



South Australia. 

 Melbourne i II'. Bridge)'). 

 Melbourne i W.B.: Tristram Coll.). 

 Canterbury, N.S.W., 9th Nov. 



{A. J. North). 

 Albert Park, Victoria, 30th Nov. 



(A. J. N. ). 

 Tasmania (E. D. Atkinson). 



Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-< todman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest, 



Megalurus ruficeps, Tiveedd. 



(Plate IX. fig. 19.) 



Megalurus ruficeps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. rii. p. 125(1883); Steere, 

 List Hints §• Ma/inn. Philipp. p. 20 (1890); Grant A- Whitehead, 



