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Five eggs of Bowman's Warbler are indistinguishable from those 

 of S. subalpina belonging to the brown type. They are white, 

 thickly freckled all over with yellowish brown and underlying grey. 

 They measure *7 to *71 in length, by *52 to *54 in breadth. 



5. Shiraz, Persia, 2nd May. H. F. Witherby, Esq. [P.]. 



Sylvia conspicillata, Temm. 



Sylvia conspicillata, Thien. Fortpftanz. ges. Vog. p. 182, tab. xx. fig. 8, , 6 

 (1845-54) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 305 ; Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 417 ; 

 Wright, Ibis, 1864, p. 68 ; Bree, Birds Eur. ii. p. 38, pi. (1867) ; 

 2nd ed. ii. p. 132, pi. (1875) ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 212 ; Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. ii. p. 393 (1875) j Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 22 

 (1881) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 210 (1903). 



Stoparola conspicillata, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 51. fig. 6 (1855-63). 



The eggs of the Spectacled Warbler are of a somewhat pointed 

 oval shape and moderately glossy. They are of a greenish-grey 

 colour, speckled and mottled with brown, which in some specimens 

 is pale, in others dark. The markings are usually evenly distributed 

 over the whole shell, but in a small number of specimens they form 

 a cap at the broad end. Examples measure from -62 to -66 in 

 length, and from -48 to *51 in breadth. 



5. Malaga, Spain (H. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Malaga, 5th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Malaga, 5th June (H. S.]. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Malta (C. A. Wright). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Ain Djendeli, Algeria, 18th May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. Salvin). 



4. Ain Djendeli, 19th May (O. 8.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Ain Djendeli, 14th May (H. B. Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram). 



4. Madracen, Algeria, 30th May Crowley Bequest. 

 (H. B. T.). 



3. Madracen, 3rd June (H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



Sylvia atricapilla (Linn.). 

 (Plate VIII. figs. 10 & 14.) 



Sylvia atricapilla, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 173, tab. xx. fig. 1, a-d 

 (1845-54) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 126, pi. xxxiv. 

 figs, i, ii (1856) ; Godman, Ibis, 1866, p. 95 ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 212 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 421 (1875) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. v. p. 23 (1881) ; id. Brit. Birds, i. p. 394, pi. 10 (1883) ; 

 Meade- Waldo, Ibis, 1893, p. 189; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 201, pi. 52. figs. 17, 18, 19 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 211 

 (1903). 



Curruca atricapilla, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 51. fig. 12 (1855-63) ; 

 Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 417. 



The eggs of the Blackcap are mostly of a pointed oval form and 

 they are often very glossy. In the common type the ground-colour 

 varies from greyish white to grey, and this is smudged and mottled 



