SlO Letters, Extracts, and Notes. [Ibis, 



ground-colour is wliite with pinkish-grey shell-markings ; 

 another is an extraordinary set of pale cream-grounded eggs 

 very sliglitly freckled with brown. 



Acrocephalas palustris. Two boldly marked clutches. 



Acrocephalus schcenobcenus. Six clutclie?, fine varieties, 

 including au unusually light-coloured set. 



Phylloscopus trochilus. Six clutches, fine varieties, in- 

 cluding a set marked with large reddish blotches. 



Phylloscopus sibilatrix. Six clutches. 



Phylloscopus coUybita. Six clutches. One of these sets 

 contains four white eggs, the others with two spots of dark 

 blown. 



Regains cristatus. Two clutclies. In one set the marks 

 on the eggs form perfect zones. 



.The Kev. F. C. R. Joukdain exhibited eggs of the 

 following Warblers : — 



[a) A series of five clutches of Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia 

 m. inelanocephala) showing remarkable variation, ranging 

 from red and grey types to a very boldly blotched type — all 

 taken by himself in Spain and Corsica. 



[b) A clutch of Bowman's Warbler {Sylvia inelanocephala 

 momus), till quite recently almost unknown in collections, 

 from Mesopotamia. 



[c) A clutch of Menetries' AVarbler {Sylvia mystacea) 

 from S.W. Persia; also extremely rare. 



{d) Two clutches of Palestine Warbler {Sylvia melaao- 

 thorax) from Cyprus. Only four other clutches are known 

 to have been taken. 



(e) One clutch of La Marmora^s Warbler {Sylvia sarda) 

 from Sicily. 



(/j Two clutches of Dartford Warbler {Sylvia undata 

 vndata) from Spain, showing the red and green types. 



{g) One clutch of Clamorous Reed- Warbler {Acrociphalas 

 stentoreus brunnescens) from jNIesopotamia. An unusual 

 variety. 



Ih) One clutch of Paddy field Warbler (.4. agricola) from 

 Kashmir. 



