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Sylvia subalpina, Bree, Birds Eur. ii. p. 29, pi. (1867), 2nd ed. ii. 

 p. 122, pi. (1875) ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 212 ; Dresser, Birds 

 Bur. ii. p. 389 (1875) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 27 (1881) ; 

 Whitehead, Ibis, 1885, p. 33 ; Seebohm, E<j(js of Brit. Birds, p. 204, 

 pi. 53. figs. 3, 4 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 211 (1903). 



The eggs of the Sub-alpine Warbler are of a broad oval form, a 

 few specimens being rather lengthened and others spheroidal. They 

 have very little gloss. The eggs are of two distinct types. In one, 

 the ground-colour is greyish or bluish white, thickly speckled and 

 mottled with pale brown or greenish brown and underlying lavender. 

 In the other, the ground-colour is pinkish white, thickly marked, 

 as in the first type, with reddish brown and pale lavender. 

 Three examples, forming a clutch, differ from both the above tj pes 

 in being pure white, speckled and spotted, almost entirely at the 

 broad end, with dark umber-brown and pale lavender. Specimens 

 measure from *6 to '75 in length, and from "48 to *55 in breadth. 



3. Madrid {II. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Madrid {II. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Malaga, 9th June {H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Corsica. J. Whitehead, Esq. [0.1 

 2. Corsica. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.J. 

 2. Corsica {J. Whitehead). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Corsica, 6th May {J. W.). Seebohm Coll. 

 4. Corsica, 6th May \j. W.). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Attica, Greece, 10th June {T. Seebohm Coll. 



Kr'uper). 



1. Parnassus, Greece, Mav (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Parnassus, 4th June {f. K.). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Parnassus, 10th June (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Parnassus, 26th April (T. K.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Parnassus, 26th May {T. K.). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Lake Halloula, Algeria, June (H. B. Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram). 



Genus MELIZOPHILUS, Leach. 

 Melizophilus melanocephalus (Gmel). 



Sylvia melanocephala, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes. Vbg. p. 186, tab. xx. 

 fig. 7, a, b (1845-54) ; Tristram, Ibis, 1860, p. 154 ; Bree, Birds 

 Bur. ii. p. 33, pi. (1867), 2nd ed. ii. p. 127, pi. (1875) ; Dresser, 

 Birds Bur. ii. p. 401 (1874) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p 29 

 (1881) ; Irby, Ibis, 1872, p. 199; id. Om. Str. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 54 

 (1895). 



Pvrophthalma melanocephala, Baedeker, Bier Bur. Vbq. tab. 51. fi»\ 4 

 (1855-63). 



Melizophilus melanocephalus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 212 (1903). 



The eggs of the Sardinian Warbler are mostly of a pointed oval 

 shape and exhibit comparatively little gloss. In one type, the 

 ground-colour is greyish white or greenish white, profusely mottled 

 and speckled with olive-brown and underlying pale lavender. In 

 another, the ground-colour is white or pinkish white, thickly mottled 

 and spotted with lavender and reddish brown, the latter colour 



