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

 form and slightly glossy. They are white, marked with minute 

 specks of dark umber-brown, reddish brown, and lavender. Three 

 examples measure respectively : *63 by *49 ; '6 by '45 ; *55 by *45. 



1. Madagascar (E. Newton : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.}. 



2. [Madagascar.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus SCOTOCERCA, Sundev. 



Scotocerca inquieta (Cretzschm.). 



Scotocerca inquieta, Barnes, Stray Feaih. ix. pp. 217, 455 (1880) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 213 (1883) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 i. p. 432 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 276 

 (1889) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. (Suppl.) p. 99 (1895); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml p. 54 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 234 (1903.) 



The eggs of the Streaked Scrub-Warbler are of a regular oval 

 form and have a small amount of gloss. The ground-colour varies 

 from white to pinkish white, and is rather densely marked with specks 

 and small dots of bright chestnut and lilac-red. The markings are 

 denser at the broad end, where they sometimes form a very irregular 

 broad zone. When very closely examined, a few minute pale purple 

 underlying specks may be discovered on the broader half of the 

 shell. Specimens measure from '62 to '67 in length, and from '47 

 to -5 in breadth. 



4. Chaman, Afghanistan, 27th March Hume Coll. 



(H. E. Barnes). 



3. Nowshera, Punjab. 28th April Hume Coll. 



(C.R. Cock). 



1. Nowshera, April (C. R. C.). Hume Coll. 



1. Dharrnsala, 27th May (C. R. C.). Crowley Bequest. 



Scotocerca saharae (Loche). 

 (Plate X. fig. 18.) 



Drymoica striaticeps, Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 58. 



Scotocerca saharee, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 214 (1883) ; Dresser, 



Birds Eur. ix. (Suppl.) p. 133 (1895) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 55 



(1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 234 (1903). 



The eggs of the Algerian Scrub-Warbler are somewhat similar to 

 those of S. inquieta, but they are characterized by the coarseness of 

 their markings. These consist not only of specks and dots, but also 

 of rather large blotches of deep chestnut. These are, moreover, in 

 some examples, extremely dense at the broad end and form a more 

 or less conspicuous and confluent cap or zone. Intermingled with 

 the chestnut markings there are others of a pale purple colsur. 

 They measure from '62 to -66 in length, and from '44 to -5 in 

 breadth. 



