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Prinia polychroa (Temm.). 

 (Plate XI. fig. 2.) 



Suva polvchroa, Nicholson, Ibis, 1881, p. 150. 



Prinia polychroa, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 202 (1883) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 54 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 241 (1903). 



The egg of the Java Wren-Warbler in the Collection is of a blunt 

 oval form and fairly glossy. It is of a very pale greenish -blue colour, 

 marked at the broader end with a large cap of rich chestnut and 

 with a few blotches of the same colour elsewhere. The cap is of 

 very irregular shape and portions of it reach as far as the middle of 

 the egg. This example measures *64 by '47. 



1. Java, 25th April (H. O. Forbes). F. Nicholson, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus BURNESIA, Jerd. 



Burnesia flaviventris (Deless.). 



Burnesia flaviventris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 204 (1883) ; id. 



Hand-l. iv. p. 241 (1903). 

 Prinia flaviventris, Oates, tauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 449 (1889) ; id. 



ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 289 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 54 (1899). 



The eggs of the Yellow-bellied Wren-Warbler are of a broad oval 

 shape, approaching the spheroidal in many cases. They are highly 

 glossy. They vary from a bright chestnut to a deep purplish- 

 chestnut colour. Little of the ground-colour is ever visible in the eggs 

 of this species, but when glimpses of it are to be seen it is found to 

 be of a slightly paler colour than the markings. They measure from 

 52 to -6 in length, and from *43 to *48 in breadth. 



5. Eastern Narra, Sind (S. Doig}. Hume Coll. 



2. Calcutta, 14th May (H. C. Parker}. Hume Coll. 



5. Calcutta, 15th July (H. C. P.}. Hume Coll. 



1. Pegu, 28th July (E. W. Oates : Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll.). 



Burnesia sonitans (Swinh.). 



Prinia sonitans, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1860, p. 50 ; 1863, p. 302 ; La Touche, 



Ibis, 1898, p. 359. 

 Burnesia sonitaus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 205 (1883) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 54 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 241 (1903). 



The eggs of the Clamorous Wren- Warbler are of a broad oval 

 form and very glossy. They are cream-coloured, densely streaked 

 and mottled with bright chestnut. In many specimens about 

 one-third of the ground-colour is visible, in others only one-fourth, 

 and in a few the ground is completely covered and the egg is 



