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Genus BRADYPTERUS, Swains. 

 Bradypterus brachypterus ( Vu ill. ). 



Bradvpterus brachypterus, Sharpe, ed. LayarcPs Birds S. Africa, p. 286 

 (1875 84); Butler, Feilden \ Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 245; Sharpe, 

 ( 'at. Hints 11. M. vii. p. 113 (1883) ; Stark $ Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, 

 Birds, ii. p. 99 (1901; ; Sharpe, Hand-/, iv. p. 204 (1903). 



The eggs of the Stripe-throated Reed-Warbler in the Collection 

 are of a blunt oval form and moderately glossy. They are of a 

 greenish-white colour, thickly spotted and mottled, especially at the 

 broader end, with reddish brown and lavender. They measure 

 respectively : *9 by - (>2 ; *8 by -02. 



2. Cape of Good Hope (Miss Dacres : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



Genus CH^TORNIS. Gray. 



Chsetornis locustelloides (Blyih). 



(Plate IX. fig. 18.) 



Chsetornis locustelloides, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 130 (1883) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 388 (1889); id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 252 | L889) ; Nehrk. Eat. Ekrsamml. 

 p. 53 (1899) : Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 205 ( L903). 



The eggs of the Bristled Grass-Warbler are of a regular oval 

 form and but very slightly glossy. They are white, with a tinge of 

 pink, speckled and spotted, more densely at the larger end than 

 elsewhere, with pinkish brown, lilac-red, and lavender. They 

 measure from *76 to -85 in length, aud from -57 to -02 in breadth. 



1. Deesa, Central India, 18th May Hume Coll. 



(/•;. A. Butler). 



4. Faridpur, Bengal, 23rd May Hume Coll. 



(J. R. Cripps). 



4. Faridpur, 27th May (J. R. C). Hume Coll. 



3. Faridpur, 28th May {J. R. C). Hume Coll. 



Genus CALAMOCICHLA, Sharpe. 

 Calamocichla newtoni (Hartl.). 



Calamoherpe newt. mi. E.Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 344, pi. xiii. fig. 3; 



Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. vii. p. I 18 | 1882). 

 Calamodyta newtonii, Milne-Edwards fy Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., 



Ois. p. 336, pi. 303. fig. 4 (1879). 

 Calamocichla newtoni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds A'. M. vii. p» 131 (1883); 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 53 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 205 



(1903). 



The eggs of Newton's Grass-Warbler are of an ordinary oval 

 form and but very slightly glossy. They are of a pale greyish- 



