244 SYLVIUS. 



7. Pegu, 10th July (E. W. Gates). Hume Coll. 



17. Peffii, 20th July (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 28th July (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



4. Pegu, 1st Aug. (E. W. O.}. Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 28th Aug. (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



33. Pegu, Aug. (E. W. 0.}. Hume Coll. 



Prinia extensicauda, SwinJt. 



Drymceca extensicauda, Sivinhoe, Ibis, 1863, p. 250. 



Prinia inornata (nee Sykes), Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii.p.195, part. (1883). 



Prinia extensicauda, Oates, Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 454 (1889) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 240 (1903). 

 Prinia inornata, La Touche, Ibis, 1898, p. 3GO. 



The eggs of the Chinese Wren-Warbler are inseparable from 

 those of P. inornata, and are consequently quite distinct from those 

 of P. blanfordi. 



353. Formosa (R. Swinhoe}. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Tamsui, Formosa, end of June. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Foochow, China. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



4, Foochow, 5th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 



Prinia sylvatica, Jerd. 



Drymoeca valida, Lcgge, Birds Ceylon, p. 525 (1879). 



Drymoeca jerdoni, Legge, op. cit. p. 527 (1879). 



Prinia sylvatica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 199 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Fauna, Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 451 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs 

 Ind. Birds, i. p. 299 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 241 (1903). 



The eggs of the Jungle Wren-Warbler are of a rather elongate 

 oval form and glossy. The ground-colour varies ; in many speci- 

 mens it is of a pale greenish-blue or greenish-white colour, in 

 others, perhaps the majority, it is cream-coloured or very pale 

 pinkish buff. It is usually very thickly freckled with reddish- 

 brown, and the markings generally become excessively dense and 

 form a well-defined zone round the broad end. In a few examples 

 the markings are larger and more blotchy, but the zone at the 

 large end is always present, as in the common type of egg. A 

 series of specimens measure from '64 to '75 in length, and from 

 49 to '53 in breadth. 



4. India. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Sitapur, Oudh, 8th Aug. (C. R. Hume Coll. 



Cock). 



1. Jhausi, Aug. Hume Coll. 



20. Central India. Hume Coll. 



1. Seoni, C. Pro vs., 24th Aug. Hume Coll. 



3. Raipur, C. Provs. Hume Coll. 

 15. Raipur, 1st July. Hume Coll. 

 10. Deesa, 17th Aug. (E. A. Butler}. Hume Coll. 



1. Kandesh, 7th Sept. Hume Coll. 



3. Muddapur, Bengal, 12th July Hume Coll. 



( W. E. Brooks}. 



2 . Ceylon, 10th April (A. L. Butler}. Crowley Bequest. 



