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The eggs of the Ashy Wren-Warbler are of a somewhat pointed 

 oval form and exceedingly glossy. They vary from brick-red to 

 rich chestnut in colour, some being paler, some darker. The 

 broad end of the egg is generally darker than the remainder of the 

 shell, and exhibits a cap or zone. The eggs measure from '6 to 

 •68 in length, and from -45 to -5 in breadth. 



4. India. 



27. 

 6. 

 1. 

 4. 

 3. 

 1. 

 1. 

 3. 



Hansi, Punjab, Aug. 



Agra, 16th June (A. O. Hume). 



Agra, 17th July (A. O. II). 



Agra, 20th July {A. O. H.). 



Agra, 26th July (A. O. H.). 



Agra, 27th July (A. O. II). 



Agra, 28th July (A. O. H.). 



Agra, 30th July (A. O. II.) . 



Agra, 1st to 8th Aug. (A. O. H.). 



Agra, 14th Aug. (A. O. H.). 



Agra, 16th Aug. (A. O. H.). 



Agra, 23rd Aug. {A. O. H.). 



Mirzapur ( W. E. Brooks : Tris- 

 tram Coll.). 



Raipur, C. Pro vs. {A. O. II). 



Saugor, C. Provs. (A. O. II). 



BelgHum, 22nd July (E. A. 

 Butler). 



Nilghiri Hills, 16th May. 



Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 13th 

 Jime (Miss Cockhurn). 



Coonoor, Nilghiri Hills, 22nd May. 



Coonoor. 



Curzon, Nilghiri Hills, 2nd May. 



Ceylon, March (A. L. Butler). 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Burnesia gracilis (Cretzschn.). 



Malurus gracilis, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges, Vog. p. 162, tab. xix. tig. 5 



(1845-54). 

 Drymceca gracilis, Tristram, Ibis, 1865, p. 82 ; Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 



p. 242, taf. xliii. tig. 7 (1873) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 13, part. 



(1879). 

 Burnesia gracilis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 210 (1883) ; Nehrk, 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 54 (1899) ; Sharpe. Rand4. iv. p. 242 (1903). 



The eggs of the Streaked Wren-Warbler are of a somewhat 

 broad oval form and fairly glossy. They are of a pinkish cream- 

 colour, densely freckled with chestnut, especially round the broad 

 end, where the markings form either a cap or a broad zone. Ten 

 specimens measure from -57 to - 6 in length, and "45 in breadth. 



Palestine, 18th May. 



Waters of Merom, Palestine, 27th 



May {II. B. Tristram). 

 Egypt. 



Nubia, 13th June. 

 Soudan, 28th May (XF. Vcrner). 



Canon Tristram [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Old Collection. 

 Col. W. Verner [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



