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Burnesia lepida (Elytfi). 



Burnesia lepida, A. Anderson, Ibis, 1872, p. 237; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. vii. p. 211 (1883) ; id. Ibis, 1891, p. 109; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 54 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 242 (1903). 



Prinia lepida, Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 448 (1889) ; id. ed. 

 Hume, Nests 8f Eygs Indian Birds, i. p. 287 (1889). 



The eggs of the Indian Streaked Wren-Warbler are mostly of a 

 short broad oval shape, and exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. 

 The ground-colour varies from greenish white to pale greenish 

 blue, and is very thickly freckled, streaked, and blotched with 

 bright chestnut-brown. In many specimens the markings are 

 more dense at the broad end than elsewhere, and form an ill- 

 defined, irregular zone. The eggs, as remarked by Mr. Hume, are 

 very similar in colour to those of the Common Blackbird. They 

 measure from -48 to '59 in length, and from '4 to *45 in breadth. 



16. Fao, Persian Gulf. W. D. Gumming, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Sind (J. H. Gould}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 12. Sind (J. H. G.). Gould Coll. 



3. Sind (J. H. G.}. Crowley Bequest. 

 40. Sind. Hume Coll. 



4. Delhi, 28th March (C. T. Bing- Hume Coll. 



ham) . 



4. Delhi, 12th June (C. T. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Delhi, 29th June (C. T. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Futtehgurh. Hume Coll. 



1. Allahabad, 8th May. Hume Coll. 



1 . Allahabad, 1 2th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Allahabad, 20th June. Hume Coll. 



2. Allahabad, 15th July. Hume Coll. 



3. Allahabad, 16th July. Hume Coll. 



Genus MALURUS, Vieill. 

 Malurus cyaneus (Ellis). 



Malurus cyaneus, Thicn. Fortpjlanz. yes. Vdg, p. 161, tab. xix. fig. 1 

 (1845-54); Gould, Handb. Birds' Austr. i. p. 317 (1865); Sharpe, 

 Cot. Birds B. M. iv. p. 286 (1879) ; North, Nests fy Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 112 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 28 (1899) ; Camp- 

 bell, Nests fy E(/c/s Austr. Birds, i. p, 163, pi. 8 (1901); Sharpe. 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 243 (1903). 



The eggs of the Blue Superb- Warbler are of a regular oval shape 

 and nearly devoid of all gloss. They are of a white or pinkish- 

 white colour, marked with chestnut and lilac-red. On some 

 examples the markings are very minute, merely specks, evenly 

 spread over the whole shell ; on others they consist of confluent 

 blotches at the broad end, forming a zone, and of small spots else- 

 where ; and on others, again, they consist of spots and small 

 blotches, evenly distributed over the shell. Specimens measure 

 from -64 to '71 in length, and from '48 to -53 in breadth. 



3. Queensland (Owen). Gould Coll. 



3, Queensland (Owen). Gould Coll. 



