32 TIMELIID^, 



A few pale purple specks are also spread over the shell. The egg 

 measure from -66 to -8 in length, and from -5 to -55 in breadth. 



]3. Mysore (J. Macpherson). Hume Coll. 



3. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 9th Hume Coll. 



June (Miss Codkburti). 



3. Kotagherry, 12th June {Miss Code- Hume Coll. 



burn). 



3. Coonoor, Nilghiri Hills, 30th Mar. Hume Coll. 



3. Curzon, Nilghiri Hills, 27th April. Hume Coll. 



3. Curzon, 7th May. Hume Coll. 



4. Ceylon {A. L. Butler). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus DUMETIA, Blyth. 



Dumetia hyperythra (FranJd.). 



Dumetia hyperythra, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 515 (1883) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 133 (1889); id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests if- Bffgs Ind. Birds, i. p. 92 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 27 

 (1903). 



The eggs of the Eufous-bellied Babbler closely resemble those 

 of the preceding species, but they are smaller, and somewhat 

 broader in relation to their length. The ground-colour varies from 

 white to a pronounced pink, and the markings on many eggs are 

 much coarser than on those of the allied species. The eggs measure 

 from -6 to -7 in length, and from '5 to -56 in breadth. 



Genus SPHENffiACUS, Sincld. 



Sphenoeacus africanus (ffm.). 



(Plate III. fig. 1.) 



Sphenoeacus africanus, Sharpe, ed. Laijard's Birds S. Africa p ^80 

 (1874-84); id. Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 95 (1883); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiei-samml. p. 52 (1899) ; Stark, ^ Sclater, Fauna 8. Africa Birds 

 ii. p. 167 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 29 (1903). ' ' 



The eggs of the Pointed-tailed Grass-Warbler are of a narrow 

 and blunt oval shape, and glossy. They are oi a white colour, 

 mottled with very pale grey. The average size of five specimens 

 is -88 by -61. 



1. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [?.] 



4. South Africa {E. L. Layard : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Col/.). ^ 



