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greater intensity than the colour of the rest of the egg, at or to- 

 wards the large end. 



In length the eggs vary from 0-6 to 0-68, and in breadth from 

 - 45 to 0-5 ; but the average of seventv eggs measured is 0-62 by 

 0-46. 



465. Prinia sylvatica, Jerd. The Jungle Wren- Warbler. 



Drymoipus sylvaticus, Jerd. B. lud. ii, p. 181 ; Hume, Rough Draft 



N. &■_ E. no. 545. 

 Drymoipus neglectus, Jerd. B. Ind. ii, p. 182 ; Hume, Bough Draft 



N. Sf E. no. 546. 



Dr. Jerdon says : — " I found the nest in low jungle near Nellore, 

 made chiefly of grass, with a few roots and fibres, globular, large, 

 with a hole at one side near the top, and the eggs white, spotted 

 very thickly with rusty red, especially at the thick end." 



Mr. Blewitt appears to have taken many eggs of this species in 

 the Eaipoor District, aud he has sent me the following notes, 

 together with numerous eggs. He says : — 



" The Jungle Wren- Warbler breeds in the Eaipoor District from 

 about the middle of June to the middle of August. Low thorn- 

 bushes on rocky ground are chiefly selected for the nest, and both 

 parent birds assist in building it and in hatching and rearing the 

 young. A new nest is made each year, and four is the maximum 

 number of eggs. 



" On the 1st July this year I found a nest of this species in the 

 centre of a low thorny bush, growing in rocky ground, about two 

 miles north of Doongurgurh in the Eaipoor District. 



" The nest was about 4 feet from the ground, firmly attached 

 to and supported by the branches. It was of a deep cup shape, 

 3"6 in diameter and 4 - 9 in height, composed of coarser and finer 

 grasses firmly interwoven, and contained four fresh eggs. In the 

 same locality we secured a second similarly situated nest, about 

 2£ feet from the ground, and it contained a single fresh egg. It 

 was rather more neatly and massively made than the former. It 

 was about 4 inches in diameter and 5 inches in height, and the egg- 

 cavity was nearly 3 inches deep. The lining is of fine grass-stalks 

 well interwoven. The exterior is composed of coarse grass mixed 

 with a little greyish-white fibre. 



" Subsequently several other similar and similarly situated nests 

 were found." 



Colonel E. A. Butler writes: — "The Jungle Wren- Warbler 

 breeds in the neighbourhood of Deesa in the months of July, 

 August, and September. The following are the dates upon which 

 I found nests this year (1876) : — 



" July 28. A nest containing 4 young birds. 

 „ 29. „ 5 fresh eggs. 



Aug. 1. „ 4 



ii 5. „ 5 „ 



