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Oreopneuste fuscata (Blyth). 



Phyllopneuste fuscata, Tacz. J.f. O. 1872, p. 357; 1873, taf. i. fig. 6. 

 Lusciniola fuscata, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 127 (1881) ; Tacz. 



Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 272 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 34 (1899). 

 Phylloscopus fuscatus, Oates, Fauna Brit, hid., Birds, i. p. 405 (1889). 

 Oreopneuste fuscatus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 215 (1903). 



The eggs of the Dusky Willow- Warbler are of a pointed oval 

 shape, moderately glossy, and of a plain white colour. Five examples 

 measure respectively : -67 by -52; -63 by -5 ; *64by5; -60 by *51 ; 

 •68 by -5. 



1. Lake Baikal, Siberia {Dybowski). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Kultuk, Lake Baikal, 12th June. Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Dauria, June (Dybowski). Crowley Bequest. 



Oreopneuste neglecta, Hume. 



Phylloscopus neglectus, Hume, Ibis, 1870, p. 143 ; Blanf. East. Persia,n. 



p. 182 (1876); Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 99; Witherby, Ibis, 1903, 



p. 537. 

 Lusciniola neglecta, Seebohm, Pois, 1880, p. 277 ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. v. 



p. 131 (1881). 

 Oreopneuste neglectus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 215 (1903). 



The eggs of Hume's Grass-Warbler are oval in shape, distinctly 

 pointed towards the smaller end, and pure white with a slight gloss. 

 They measure *6 by *45. 



4. Dasht-i-arjan, Persia, 28th April. H. F. Witherby, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus REGUL0IDES, Blyth. 



Reguloides proregulus (Pall.). 



Reguloides proregulus, Tacz. J.f. O. 1872, p. 360, 1873, taf. i. fig. 10; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 215 (1903). 

 Phylloscopus proregulus, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 71 (1881) ; 



Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 408 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 



$ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 260 (1889) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. (Suppl.) 



p. 73 (1895). 

 Phyllopneuste proregulus, Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 267 (1891) 



The eggs of Pallas's Willow- Warbler in the Collection are of a 

 rather broad but pointed oval shape and slightly glossy. They 

 are of a creamy-white colour, speckled and spotted with reddish 

 brown and lilac, densely on the broader half, where the markings 

 form a zone, and sparingly elsewhere. They measure *53 by '44 

 and -54 by -43 respectively. 



1. Kashmir, 30th May {C. R. Cock). Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 2nd June (C. It. C: Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 

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