240 sxi.viiD.asj 



uniform chestnut. They measure from - 52 to *G4 in length, and 

 from -43 to -5 in breadth. 



207. Formosa (R. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



7. Formosa {It. Swinhoe: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



2. Foochow, China, 5th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.l 



5. Foochow, 20th May. C. B. liickett, Esq. [P.J. 



Burnesia superciliaris (Salvad.). 



(Plate XI. fig. 4.) 



Prima superciliaris, Sharpe, P. Z. 8 1879, p. 341. 



Burnesia superciliaris. Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 200 (1883) ; id. 



Ibis, 1889, p. 278; Everett. List Birds Borneo, p. 102 (1889); 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 54 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 241 



Q903). 



The eggs of the Bornean Wren-Warbler are broad ovals and very 

 glossy. They vary from pinkish brown to a rich dark chestnut 

 colour. They are almost uniform, little or none of the ground- 

 colour being visible. They measure from *59 to - 64 in length, 

 and from "48 to "51 in breadth. 



13. Labuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



2. Borneo. A. II. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



.'!. Labuan, 20th May (J. Whitehead). Crowley Bequest. 



15. Labuan {Sir Hugh Loir). Crowley Bequest. 



Burnesia substriata {A. Smith). 

 (Plate XL tig. 3.) 



Drymceca substriata, Sharpe, ed. Lai/ard's Birds S. Africa, p. 256 



(1875-84). 

 Burnesia substriata, Sharpe. Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 20(i (1883); id. 



Hand-l. iv. p. 211 (1903). 

 Prima substriata, Stark <§■ Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 131 



(1901). 



The eggs of the "White-breasted Wren-Warbler resemble those of 

 typical Prinia. They vary in shape from a rather blunt to a long 

 oval form and are highly glossed. The ground-colour is pale sea- 

 green, sparingly blotched and spotted all over with chocolate- 

 brown, reddish brown, and under-lying lavender markings. They 

 measure from 'G to "OS in length, and "44 to 45 in breadth. 



4. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



4. South Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Burnesia socialis (SyJces). 



Prinia socialis, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 529 (1879); Oates, Fauna Brit. 



hut., Birds, i. p. 450 (1889); id. ed. Hume, Nests §• E<j<js Ind. 



Birds, i. p. 291 (1889). 

 Burnesia socialis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M vii. p. 208 (1883); Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 54 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-!, iv. p. 212 v 1903). 



