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The eggs of the Ashy Wren-Warbler are of a somewhat pointed 

 oval form and exceedingly glossy. They vary from brick-red to 

 rich chestnut in colour, some being paler, some darker. The 

 broad end of the egg is generally darker than the remainder of the 

 shell, and exhibits a cap or zone. The eggs measure from *6 to 

 68 in length, and from '45 to *5 in breadth. 



4. India. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



27. llansi, Punjab, Aug. Hume Coll. 



6. Agra, 16th June (A. O. Hume). Hume Coll. 

 1. Agra, 17th July (A. O. II.). Hume Coll. 

 4. Agra, 20th July (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 

 3. Agra, 26th July (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Agra, 27th July (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



1. Agra, 28th July (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 

 3. Agra, 30th July (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 

 3. Agra, 1st to 8th Aug. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



2. Agra, 14th Aug. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



2. Agra, 16th Aug. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



3. Agra, 23rd Aug. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



2. Mirzapur (W. E. Brooks: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Coll.). 



7. Raipur, C. Provs. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 

 9. Saugor, C. Provs. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



2. Belgaum, 22nd July (E. A. Crowley Bequest. 



Butler). 



3. Nilghiri Hills, 16th May. Hume Coll. 

 2. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 13th Hume Coll. 



June (Miss Cockburn). 



2. Coonoor, Nilghiri Hills, 22nd May. Hume Coll. 



1. Coonoor. Hume Coll. 



2. Curzon, Nilghiri Hills, 2nd May. Hume Coll. 



7. Ceylon, March (A. L. Butler)., Crowley Bequest. 



Burnesia gracilis (Cretzschm.). 



Malurus gracilis, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 162, tab. xix. n'g. 5 



(1845-54). 

 Drymo3ca gracilis, Tristram, Ibis, 1865, p. 82 ; Heuyl. Orn. N. O.-Afr. 



p. 242, taf. xliii. fig. 7 (1873) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 13, part. 



(1879). 

 Burnesia gracilis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 210 (1883) ; Nehrk, 



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



The eggs of the Streaked Wren-Warbler are of a somewhat 

 broad oval form and fairly glossy. They are of a pinkish cream- 

 colour, densely freckled with chestnut, especially round the broad 

 end, where the markings form either a cap or a broad zone. Ten 

 specimens measure from 57 to 6 in length, and '45 in breadth, 



2. Palestine, 18th May. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



3. Waters of Merom, Palestine, 27th Salvin-Godman Coll. 



May (H. B. Tristram). 



2. Egypt. Old Collection. 



1. Nubia, 13th June. Col. W. Verner P J. 



2. Soudan, 28th May (W. Verner). Seebohin Coll. 



