TIMELIID2E. 



A few pale purple specks are also spread over the shell. The eggs 

 measure from *66 to '8 in length, and from -5 to *55 in breadth. 



13. Mysore (J. Macpherson}. Hume Coll. 



3. Kotagherry, Nilghiii Hills, 9th Hume Coll. 



June (Miss Cockburn). 



3. Kotagherry, 12th June (Miss Cock- Hume Coll. 



burn). 



3. Coonoor, Nilghiri Hills, 30th Mar. Hume Coll. 



3. Curzon, Nilghiri Hills, 27th April. Hume Coll. 



3. Curzon, 7th May. Hume Coll. 



4. Ceylon (A. L. Sutler). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus DUMETIA, Blyth. 



Dumetia hyperythra (Franhl.). 



Dumetia hyperythra, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 515 (1883) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 133 (1889); id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests # Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 92 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 27 

 (1903). 



The eggs of the Rufous-bellied Babbler closely resemble those 

 of the preceding species, but they are smaller, and somewhat 

 broader in relation to their length. The ground-colour varies from 

 white to a pronounced pink, and the markings on many eggs are 

 much coarser than on those of the allied species. The eggs measure 

 from -6 to -7 in length, and from *5 to -56 in breadth. 



1. India. Crowley Bequest. 



2. India. Hume Coll. 

 1. Chunar, 26th June ( W. E. Brooks). Hume Coll. 

 1. Raipur, Central Provinces. Hume Coll. 

 9. Raipur, 1st July. Hume Coll. 

 5. Raipur, Aug. Hume Coll. 



Genus SPHEN(EACUS, StricM. 



Sphenceacus africanus (Gm.). 



(Plate III. fig. 1.) 



SphenoBacus africanus, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 280 

 (1874-84); id. Cat. Birds B. M.'vii. p. 95 (1883); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiermmml. p. 52 (1899) ; Stark fy Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds. 

 ii. p. 107 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 29 (1903). 



The eggs of the Pointed-tailed Grass-Warbler are of a narrow 

 and blunt oval shape, and glossy. They are of a white colour, 

 mottled with very pale grey. The average size of five specimens 

 is -88 by -61. 



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



4. South Africa (E. L. Layard : Tris- Crowley "Bequest. 



tram Coll.). *+'.- 



