1875.] MR. H. E. DRESSER ON HYPOLAIS CALIGATA, ETC. 97 
whitish on the sides of the abdomen; a small white spot between 
the ears. Measurements of a dried skin:—head and body 14 in., 
tail 7. 
Hab. Gaboon (Brit. Mus.). 
As far as I am aware, the type specimen of this very handsome 
species is still the only one which has been brought to Europe; and 
as it has not hitherto been figured, I have chosen it as the subject 
of the accompanying plate. 
5. Notes on the Nest and Egg of Hypolais caligata and on 
the Egg of Charadrius asiaticus, Pall., together with 
Remarks on the latter Species and Charadrius veredus, 
Gould. By H. EH. Dresszr, F.Z.S. &e. 
[Received February 1, 1875.] 
A few meetings ago I exhibited the nest and eggs of Hypolais 
rama, together with the eggs of all known European species of 
Hypolais excepting H. caligata, which I then said I expected would 
closely resemble those of H. rama*. Since then I have received, 
through Mr. Wilhelm Schliter, of Halle, a nest and egg, together 
with the bird, of Hypolais caligata, collected by a correspondent of 
his in the Kirghis steppes. These I have now the pleasure to exhibit ; 
and it will be seen that both nest and egg differ not a little from 
those of Hypolais rama, collected by Mr. Blanford in Persia. The 
egg, compared with those of that species, bears about the same 
affinity as the egg of H. polyglotta does to that of H. pallida, Ehr. 
(H. elaiea, auctt.), being smaller and more pink in general hue, being 
of a delicate very pale pinkish white colour, sparingly dotted and 
marked with black and to a slight extent with dark purplish under- 
lying shell-markings. In size the single egg I possess measures 0°6 
by 9°475 inch ; and, like those of H. polyglotta, it is rather stout in 
form and scarcely so elongated as the eggs of H. rama. The nest is 
a much stouter and more compact structure than that of H. rama, and 
not so deep inthe cup. It is carefully built of stems of plants, grass- 
bents, and fine roots, and is carefully lined with finer bents and a few 
hairs. The skin sent with the nest and egg agrees closely with a 
specimen from the Ural, which I compared, and which agreed with the 
type specimen sent to me from Berlin for examination, as also with 
examples sent to me from India labelled Jerdonia agricolensis and 
Phyllopneuste agricolensis by Mr. W. E. Brooks. 
Amongst other specimens received with the above, through Mr. 
Schliter, from the Kirghis steppes, are two skins, male and female, 
in full breeding-plumage, of Charadrius asiaticus, Pall., together 
with an egg of that species, which latter is especially interesting, 
because the egg of that rare wader appears, so far as I can gather, to 
have been hitherto unknown. 
This egg, which I now exhibit, somewhat resembles those of Eu- 
* See P. Z.8. 1874, p. 655. 
Proc. Zoot. Soc.—1875, No. VII. 7; 
