CISTICOLA. 193 



Cisticola brunneiceps (Ttmm. $ Schl.). 



Salicaria (Cisticola) brunneiceps, Temm. fy SchL Fauna Jap., Ave$ p 134 



pl. 20 (1850). 

 Cisticola brunneiceps, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 197 (1903). 



Three eggs of the Japanese Fantail- Warbler are rather wide ovals, 

 somewhat pointed towards the smaller end. The ground-colour is 

 white with the faintest bluish tinge, sparsely spotted and speckled 

 with light red and reddish brown, the markings being most nume- 

 rous round the larger end, where there are underlying spots and 

 blotches of pale lilac, the whole forming an ill-defined zone. The 

 eggs measure *6 to '65 in length, by -48 in breadth. 



3. Fuji, Japan, 10th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Cisticola cherina (A. Smith). 



Cisticola madagascariensis, Milne-Edwards 8f Grandidier, Hist Nat. 



Madag., Ois. i. p. 325, pi. 303. fig. 3 (1879) ; Cowan, Proc. R. Phys 



Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 148 (1882). 

 Cisticola cherina, Sharpe, ed. Lay ard's Birds S. Africa, p. 278 (1875-84) ; 



id. Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 264 (1883) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 56 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 197 (1903). 



The eggs of the Brown Fantail-Warbler are of a regular oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. They are of a pale bluish-green colour, 

 speckled, spotted, and blotched with brownish chestnut, lilac-red, 

 and lavender. In some examples the markings are evenly dis- 

 tributed over the shell ; in others they are chiefly clustered round 

 the broad end of the egg in the form of a bold zone. Specimens 

 measure from '59 to *71 in length, and from -47 to *5 in breadth. 



17. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



2. Madagascar (E. Newton: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. Madagascar (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Madagascar. Crowley Bequest. 



Cisticola textrix ( VieilL). 



Hemipteryx tectrix, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 279 (1875-84). 



Cisticola textrix, Sharpe, Cat. Lirds B. M. vii. p. 266 (1883) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 56 (1899) ; Stark fy Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, 

 Birds, ii. p. 146 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 197 (1903). 



The eggs of the Pine-pine Fantail-Warbler in the Collection are 

 of two types. One specimen is of a pale greenish-blue colour, 

 marked, chiefly at the broad end, with some blotches and hair-lines 

 of deep umber-brown and lilac. Two other specimens are of a plain 

 bluish-white colour. They measure respectively: '68 by -45; '62 

 by -47 ; '64 by -45. 



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



2. Nel's Poort, Cape Colony Crowley Bequest. 



(T. Atmore: Tristram Coll.). 



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