6 (EDICNEMID^. 



of lilac or grey The eggs vary iu length from 2'2 to 2-0 inch, and in 



breadth from I'O to 1"49 inch 



" Both birds assist in the duties of incubation. Only one brood is reared in 

 the year; but if the first eggs are destroyed others will be laid, and fresh eggs 

 have been obtained as late as September." 



Mr. H. E. Dresser states that the measurements of eggs of this species in 

 his collection vary from 2-0 by 1-47 inch to 2-1 by 1-5 inch, and 2-25 by 1-47 

 inch.* 



Dr. R. Bowdler >Sharpe states the following to be the measurements of the 

 eggs of this bird: — "Axis, 1-9-2-4 inches; diam., l"45-l"6."f 



* ' History of the Birds of Europe,' vol. vii. p. 406. 



t ' Handbook to the Eirds of Great Britain,' vol. iii. p. 130. 



