218 SYLVIIDJE. 



varying in tint in different clutches. In both these types the 



markings are generally evenly spread over the shell. In a third 



type, the ground-colour is nearly pure white, and the broader half 

 of the egg is thickly spotted and blotched with chestnut-brown 

 and lavender, the smaller half being very sparingly marked. 

 Measurements vary from '66 to '75 in length, and from '52 to 

 56 in breadth. 



2. Malaga, Spain (H. Saunders}. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Malaga, 2nd May (H. 8.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Malaga, 8th May (H. .). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Malaga, 26th May (H. &). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Malaga, 27th May (//. &). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Malaga, 29th May (II. &). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Malaga, 29th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Malaga, 29th May (H. &). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Malaga, 18th June (H. S.}. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Malaga, 26th June (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Malaga, 8th July (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Valencia, Spain (R. Martin). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Gibraltar (G. Dantez). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Algeria (H. B. Tristram}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Kouba, Algeria, 20th April (II. S, T.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Algeria, 19th April (II. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Algeria, 21st April (H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Algeria, 9th May (H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Algeria, June (JT. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



Melizophilus undatus (Bodd.). 



Sylvia provincialis, Thien. Fortjyflanz.ges. Vog. p. 184, tab. xx. fig. 10, a, b 



(1845-54); Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 31 (1881); id. Brit. 



Birds, i. p. 414, pi. 10 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 204, pi. 53. 



fig. 1 (1896). 

 Melizophilus pro vincialis, Baedeker, EierEur. FoV/.tab. 51. fig. 3 (1855-63) ; 



id. J.f. O. 1856, p. 32, taf. i. fig. 4 ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. 



p. 143, pi. xxxvii. (1857) ; Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 418. 

 Melizophilus undatus, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 441 (1875) j Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 212 (1903). 



The eggs of the Dartford Warbler are of a rather pointed oval 

 shape, and while some specimens exhibit a high gloss, others are 

 entirely devoid of it. The common type of egg of this species is 

 of a greyish or greenish-white colour, or, occasionally, of a pure 

 white colour, speckled and blotched with umber-brown and lavender. 

 In some examples the markings are small and distinct ; in others 

 they are coarse, frequently coalescing and forming a bold cap at the 

 broad end. 



A clutch of eggs from Spain differs from the above in being of a 

 pinkish-white colour, speckled with chestnut, lilac-red, and lavender, 

 very densely at the broad end, where the markings form a cap. 



Two specimens, forming another clutch, are of an olive-gray 

 colour, mottled with lavender-grey and pale brown, and spotted, 

 in the case of one example, with umber-brown. 



