246 SYLVIID.E. 



uniform chestnut. They measure from '52 to '64 in length, and 

 from -43 to -5 in breadth. 



207. Formosa (R. Sioinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



7. Formosa (_R. Sioinhoe: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.}. 



2. Foochow, China, 5th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.I 



5. Foochow, 20th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 



Burnesia superciliaris (Salvad.). 

 (Plate XI. fig. 4.) 



Prinia superciliaris, Sharpe, P. Z. S 1879, p. 341. 



Burnesia superciliaris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 206 (1883) ; id. 



Ibis, 1889, p. 278; Everett, List Birds Borneo, p. 102 (1889); 



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



Q903). 



The eggs of the Born can Wren- Warbler are broad ovals and very 

 glossy. They vary from pinkish brown to a rich dark chestnut 

 colour. They are almost uniform, little or none of the ground- 

 colour being visible. They measure from *59 to '64 in length, 

 and from '48 to '51 in breadth. 



13. Labuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



2. Borneo. A. H. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Labuan, 20th May (J. Whitehead}. Crowley Bequest. 

 15. Labuan (Sir Hugh Low). Crowley Bequest. 



Burnesia substriata (A. Smith}. 

 (Plate XI. fig. 3.) 



Drymceca substriata, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 256 



(1875-84). 

 Burnesia substriata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 206 (1883) ; id. 



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

 Prinia substriata, Stark fy Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 131 



(1901). 



The eggs of the White-breasted Wren-Warbler resemble those of 

 typical Prinia. They vary in shape from a rather blunt to a long 

 oval form and are highly glossed. The ground-colour is pale sea- 

 green, sparingly blotched and spotted all over with chocolate- 

 brown, reddish brown, and under-lying lavender markings. They 

 measure from '6 to '68 in length, and *44 to 45 in breadth. 



4. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



4. South Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Burnesia socialis (SyJees). 



Prinia socialis, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 529 (1879) ; Gates, Fauna Brit. 



2nd., Birds, i. p. 450 (1889); id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Ecjgs Ind. 



Birds, i. p. 291 (1889). 

 Burnesia socialis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 208 (1883) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 54 (1899) : Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 242 (1903). 



