202 SYLVIID^l. 



Genus BRADYPTERUS, Swains. 

 Bradypterus brachypterus ( Vieill.}. 



Bradypterus brachypterus, Sharps, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 286 

 (1875-84); Butler, Feilden fy Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 245; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 113 (1883) ; Stark $ Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, 

 Birds, ii. p. 99 (1901; ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 204 (1903). 



The eggs of the Stripe-throated Reed-Warbler in the Collection 

 are of a blunt oval form and moderately glossy. They are of a 

 greenish-white colour, thickly spotted and mottled, especially at the 

 broader end, with reddish brown and lavender. They measure 

 respectively : -9 by '62 ; -8 by -62. 



2. Cape of Good Hope ( M iss Dacres : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Genus CH-ffiTORNIS. Gray. 



Chaetornis locustelloides (Blyth}. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 18.) 



Chaetornis locustelloides, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 130 (1883) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 388 (1889); id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 252 (1889) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 53 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 205 (1903). 



The eggs of the Bristled Grass-Warbler are of a regular oval 

 form and but very slightly glossy. They are white, with a tinge of 

 pink, speckled and spotted, more densely at the larger end than 

 elsewhere, with pinkish brown, lilac-red, and lavender. They 

 measure from '76 to '85 in length, and from *57 to *b'2 in breadth. 



1. Deesa, Central India, 18th May Hume Coll. 



(E. A. Butler}. 



4. Faridpur, Bengal, 23rd May Hume Coll. 



(J. It. Cripps}. 



4. Faridpur, 27th May (J. R. C.). Hume Coll. 



3. Faridpur, 28th May (J. JR. C.). Hume Coll. 



Genus CALAMOCICHLA, Sharpe. 

 Calamocichla newtoni (Hard.). 



Calamoherpe newtoni, E. Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 344, pi. xiii. fig. 3 j 



Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 148 (1882). 

 Calamodyta newtonii, Milne-Edwards fy Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., 



Ois. p. 336, pi. 303. fig. 4 (1879). 

 Calamocichla newtoni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 131 (1883) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 53 (1899) j Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 205 



(1903). 



The eggs of Newton's Grass-W 7 arbler are of an ordinary oval 

 form and but very slightly glossy. They are of a pale greyish- 



