108 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds from Fao. 



centre tail-feathers being rufous, washed irregularly with 

 brown, unlike the other two specimens, which have the two 

 centre tail-feathers brown. 



The eggs sent by Mr. Gumming vary from the type of a 

 Whitethroat to that of a Reed- Warbler. The ground-colour 

 is white or greenish white, with minute freckles and spots of 

 brown, collected somewhat at the larger end. Some have 

 distinct underlying spots of grey, whilst others are thickly 

 mottled with spots of greenish brown, collected at the larger 

 end of the egg. 



28. AcROCEPHALUs STREPERUs (V.) : Sccbohm, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. V. p. 102 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 482. 



No. 14. Obtained on the 20th of August. 



29. Hypolais languida (H. & E.) : Seebohm, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. V. p. 80. 



Nos. 4, 6. Two males, shot among small date-trees on 

 the 27th and 28th of August. 



30. Sylvia cinerea, Bechst. : Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. V. p. 8 ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 395. 



No. 6. A young male, August 27th. 



31. Sylvia curruca (L.) : Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 V. p. 16. 



No. 16. A bird in autumn plumage, August 16th. 



32. Sylvia mystacea, Menetr. : Seebohm, t. c. p. 20 ; 

 Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) v. part 3, p. 71. 



No. 15. An adult bird, but having the black cap rather 

 ill-defined on the nape. This is the Sylvia rubescens of 

 Blanford, ' Eastern Persia,' ii. p. 77, pi. xii. 



33. Phylloscopus trochilus (L.) : Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. V. p. 56; Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 481. 



Nos. 5, 17. Adult and young in autumn, Sept. 14th. 



34. Cettia orientalis, Tristr. : Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, i. p. 441. 



No. 18. An adult specimen, Nov. 4th. 



