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The eggs of the Chinese Bush- Warbler are of a regular oval shape, 

 very glossy, and of a dark chocolate-red colour. Three examples 

 measure respectively : -72 by -51 ; '71 by -52 ; -67 by -5. 



3. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, 15th May C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



(J. D. La Touche). 



Horornis "brunnescens, Hume. 

 (Plate X. fig. 19.) 



Cettia fortipes, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 136, part. (1881). 

 Horornis brunnescens, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 435 (1889) ; 



Sharps, Hand-l. iv. p. 235 (1903). 

 Cettia brunnescens, Rickett $ La Touche, Ibis, 1898, p. 328 ; La Touche, 



Ibis, 1899, p. 209. 



An egg of Hume's Bush-Warbler is of a regular oval shape, slightly 

 glossy, and of a chocolate-red colour. It measures -63 by '5. 



1. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, 12th May C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



(J. D. La Touche). 



Horornis cantans (Temm. fy Schl.). 



Cettia cantans, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 140 (1881) ; id. Birds 



Japan. Emp. p. 74 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 34 (1899). 

 Horornis cantans, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 236 (1903). 



The eggs of the Large Japanese Bush- Warbler in the Collection 

 are of an oval shape, glossy, and of a chocolate-red colour. They 

 measure *7 to '72 by '52 to -55. 



2. Hondo Isl., Japan, 31st May. Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Yokohama (H. Pry er). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Fuji Yama, 6th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[p.]. 



Horornis canturians (Swinh.). 



Arundinax canturians, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1860, p. 52. 

 Lusciniopsis canturians, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 32. 

 Calamoherpe canturians, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1863, p. 306. 

 Cettia canturiens, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 141 (1881). 

 Horornis canturians, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 236 (1903). 



The eggs of the Chinese Bush-Warbler are of a blunt oval form, 

 glossy, and of a lighter or darker brick-red colour, and closely 

 resemble those of Cettia cetti. They measure from *7 to *78 in 

 ength, and -6 in breadth. 



1. China. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



4. Kiukiang Lake, China (Leech). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Shanghai, China, 17th June. C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



2. Chinkiang, China, 13th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. 

 5. Chinkiang, 13th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



4. Chinkiang, 15th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



5. Chinkiang, 15th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. 

 4. Chinkiang, 24th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



