212 svi.viid.t:. 



Sylvia rneppelli, Temm. 



Sylvia ruppellii, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Yog. p. 187, tab. xxii. fig. 1, a. b 

 (1845 54); Bree, Birds Eur. ii. p. 26, pi. (1867), 2nd ed. ii. p. 119, 

 pi. (1875). 

 Curruca rueppelli, Baedeker, Eier Ear. Vog. tab. 51. fig. 13 (1855- 63). 

 l rueppelli, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 417 (1874) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 ' iv. p. 209 (1903). 

 Sylvia rueppellii, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 12 (1881). 



None of the figures quoted above represents the egg of Pdippcll's 

 Warbler correctly except the one in the second edition of Bree's 

 work *. 



The specimens in the Collection are of a very regular oval form 

 and have a small amount of gloss. They are of a greyish-white 

 colour, closely mottled and streaked, very evenly all over, with 

 greenish brown. They measure '1~> by "58, '7 by "57 respectively. 



1. Greece (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Nymphi, Asia Minor, 23rd May Seebohm Coll. 



(7'. Kriii>t r |, 



Sylvia orpheus, Temm. 



Sylvia orphea, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 177, tab. xx. fig. \,a-c 

 ( 1845-54) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 1 •"!•'!. pi. xxxv. fig. iii 

 (1850) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 300 ; Lilford, Ibis. 1866, p. L80 ; Tris- 

 tram, Ibis. 1867, p. 85; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 212 ; Dresser, Birds 

 Eur. ii. p. 411 (1874). 



Curruca orphea, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 51. fig. 10 (1855-63). 



Sylvia orpheus, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. 31. v. p. 14 (ISM); id. Brit. 

 Birds, i. p. 390, pi. in (1883) : id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 200, pi. 52. 

 figs. 11, 1") ( L896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 209 (Ji»(::)). 



The eggs of the Orphean V/arblcr are of a pointed oval shape and 

 generally very glossy. The ground is of an exceedingly pale greyish 

 or bluish-white colour, and the markings are of three types. In 

 one they consist of specks and small spots of lavender and olive- 

 brown, forming an ill-defined cap or zone at the larger end. In 

 another the whole shell, and especially the broader half, is covered 

 with blotches, clouds, and streaks of lavender and olive-brown. In 

 the third the two types of markings arc combined, but, in addition, 

 there are numerous round spots of very deep umber-brown or black, 

 together with a lew short lines and scrawls of the same colour. In 

 all three types, the markings are larger and more prominent at (lie 

 broad end than elsewhere. Examples measure from '72 to *9] in 

 length, and from -55 to "63 in breadth. 



5. Near Castile, Spain. Lord Lilford [P.]. 



•]. Malaga, Spain, 23rd -May Seebohm Coll. * 



( //. Saunders). 



:). Valencia, Spain {II. S.). Seebohm ( 'ell. 



* [I have lately had the opportunity of examining a, considerable series of 

 the ej.'t.'8 of this species taken by Mr. P. 0. Selous in\.\sia Minor. Thej 

 resemble the specimens in the Collection described above.— E. Ii'. o.\ 



