1 64 TURDIDJE. 



entirely wanting. Specimens measure from *78 to '87 in length, 

 and from '57 to '65 in breadth. 



2. Punjab, 14th April. Hume Coll. 



2. Jhansi, Punjab. Hume Coll. 



3. Delhi, 14th April ( C. T. Binaham). Hume Coll. 



1. Sambhur, 10th May (R. M. Adam}. Hume Coll. 

 3. Ajmere, 30th Aug.. (A. O. Hume). Hume Coll. 

 3. Agra, 18th June. Hume Coll. 

 3. Etawah, 29th March. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 6th April. Hume Coll. 



2. N.W. Provinces, India, May Crowley Bequest. 



( W. E. Brooks : Tristram Coll.). 



3. Saugor, C. Provs., 12th May. Hume Coll. 



Cercomela asthenia, Bonap. 

 (Plate VII, fig. 13.) 



Pratincola melanura, apud Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 97. 



Myrmecocichla yerburii, Sharpe, Bull. B O. C. iv. p. xxxviii (1895) ; id. 



Ibis, 1895, p. 384 ; Yerbury, Ibis, 1896, p. 24. 

 Cercomela asthenia, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 174 (1903). 



The small series of eggs of Bonaparte's Chat-Robin in the Collection 

 are very like those of C. fusca, but they are slightly smaller, and 

 the markings appear to be larger and more decided, with the ground- 

 colour a trifle paler. Six examples measure from '71 to *78 in 

 length, and from -57 to '61 in breadth. 



4. Wilderness of Judasa, 25th April Crowley Bequest. 



(H. B. Tristram). 

 2. Palestine, 6th June (H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus POLIOCICHLA, Sharpe. 

 Poliocichla cinerea ( Vieill.). 



Saxicola cinerea, Sharpe, ed. Bayard's Birds S. Africa, p. 242 (1875-84). 

 Myrmecocichla cinerea, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 358 (1881). 

 Emarginata cinerea, Stark 8f Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 204 



(1901). 

 Poliocichla cinerea, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 175 (1903). 



The eggs of the Lesser Sickle-winged Chat-Robin are of a regular 

 oval shape and very glossy. They are of a blue colour, speckled 

 with rust-colour, chiefly at the broad end. They measure from 

 8 to *9 in length, and from '6 to '64 in breadth. 



2. S. Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 

 1. S. Africa (E. L. Layard). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Nel's Poort, S. Africa (T. Atmore: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.}. 



