196 RYLVITD.'E. 



with chestnut and lilac-red. They measure from -6 to -7 in length, 

 and from -47 to -51 in breadth. 



2. Natal. Dr. Gueinzius [C.]. 



2. East Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



2. East Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Witu, East Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Cisticola subruficapilla (Smith}. 



Cisticola subruficapilla, Sharpe, ed. Loyarffs Birds S. Africa, p. 206 

 (1875-84) ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 283 (1883); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 151 (1899) ; Stark fy Sdater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, 

 ii. p. 151 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 199 (1903). 



The eggs of the Grey-backed Fantail-Warbler are of an ordinary 

 oval shape and highly glossy. They are of a pale blue colour, 

 spotted and blotched, mostly at the broad end, with pale umber- 

 brown and lilac. Some specimens are also marked with a few spots 

 and hair-lines of dark umber-brown. They measure from '61 to 

 64 in length, and from '42 to -45 in breadth. 



8. Namaqua-land, S. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus FRANKLINIA, BhjtJi. 



Franklinia gracilis (Frankl.). 



Prinia gracilis, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 172 (1863). 



Prinia hodgsoni, Lec/ye, Birds Ceylon, p. 523 (1879). 



Cisticola gracilis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 253 (1883) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 55 (1899). 

 Franklinia gracilis, Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 376 (1889) ; id. 



ed. Hume, Nests < Eyas Ind. Birds, i. p. 240 (1889) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 200 (1903). 



The eggs of Franklin's Wren-Warbler are of an oval form, some 

 being pointed and others somewhat blunt. They are very glossy. 

 They are of two types of coloration, and these are about equally 

 represented by the specimens in the Collection. In the first, the 

 egg is of a plain greenish-blue colour, absolutely unmarked. In 

 the second, the ground is greenish blue, speckled and spotted with 

 chestnut and reddish brown, generally very thickly at the broad 

 end, where the markings form a cap or zone, and sparingly else- 

 where. The eggs measure from -53 to -62 in length, and from -4 

 to '45 in breadth. 



2. India. Crowley Bequest. 

 1 . Delhi, 1 2th March ( C. T. Binghani) . Crowley Bequest. 



24. Central India. Hume Coll. 



3. Seoni, C. Provs., 16th Aug. Hume Coll. 

 1. Seoni, 17th Aug. Hume Coll. 



1. Seoni, 20th Aug. Hume Coll. 



4. Seoni, 21st Aug. Hume Coll. 



2. Seoni, 23rd Aug. Hume Coll. 

 1. Seoni, 23rd Aug. Hume Coll. 



