LUSCINIOLA. SUTORIA. 189 



Genus LUSCINIOLA, Gray. 

 Lusciniola melanopogon (Temm.). 



Acrocephalus melanopogon, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 19, pi. 



(1875). 

 Lusciniola melanopogon, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 605 (1876) ; Seebohm, 



Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 132 (1881) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 



i. p. 369 (1889) ; Irby, Orn. Sir. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 61 (1895) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l iv. p. 191 (1903). 



The eggs of the Moustached Warbler do not appear to be separable 

 from those of the Reed- Warbler ( Acrocephalus streperu ?). They have 

 a pale greenish-white ground, mottled and blotched with greenish 

 brown and underlying grey. They are also marked very sparingly with 

 small black dots at the broad end. Five examples measure respec- 

 tively : -67 by -5 ; -7 by -51 ; 71 by -5 ; -69 by -51 ; -7 by -52. 



3. Valencia, Spain, April (H. Saunders}. Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Valencia, April (H. S.}. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Astrakhan, April (Henke). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus SUTORIA, Nicholson. 



Sutoria sutoria (Forst.). 



Orthotomus sutorius, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 517 (1879) ; Oates, Fauna 



Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 366 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. 



Birds, i. p. 231 (1889). 

 Sutoria sutoria, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 215 (1883) ; Barnes, 



Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. v. p. 9, pi. tig. 530 (1890) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml p. 55 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 191 (1903). 



The eggs of the Indian Tailor-bird are of a pointed oval form 

 and possess a considerable amount of gloss. The ground-colour is 

 either white or pale blue, and is marked with different shades of 

 reddish brown and chestnut. In some specimens the markings 

 consist of small specks and spots pretty evenly distributed over the 

 egg ; in others they consist of spots, clouds, or blotches, and in these 

 they are more or less confluent at the larger end, where they form 

 a bold cap or an irregular zone. A few examples are marked almost 

 exclusively at the larger end. The eggs measure from -6 to '7 in 

 length, and from '45 to *5 in breadth. 



14. India. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Eso. 



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2. Sikhim (J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



3. Delhi, 12th June (C. T. Bingham). Hume Coll. 

 1. Delhi, 22nd June (C. T. B.}. Hume Coll. 

 1. Agra, 18th April. Hume Coll. 



1. Agra, 16th June. Hume Coll. 



2. Agra, 27th July. Hume Coll. 

 5. Agra, 27th July. Hume Coll. 



3. Agra, 8th Aug. Hume Coll. 



1. Agra, 24th Aug. Hume Coll. 



2. Agra, 24th Aug. Hume CoU. 

 1. Bareilly, 22nd June. Hume Coll. 



