1 64 lUEDiB.^;. 



entirely wanting. Specimens measure from '78 to -87 in length, 

 and from -57 to "65 in breadth. 



2. Punjab, 14th April. Hume Coll. 



2. Jhansi, Punjab. Hume Qoll. 



3. Delhi, 14th April ( C. T. Bingham). Hume CoU. 



1. Sambhur, lOth May (R. M. Adam). Hjjme Coll. 

 3. Ajmere, 30th Aug. (A. 0. Hume). Hume Coll. 

 3. Agra, 18th June. Hume Coll. 

 3. Etawah, 29th March. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 6th April. Hume Coll. 



2. N.W. Provinces, India, May Crowley Bequest. 



( W. JE. Brooks : Tristram Coll.). 



8. Saugor, C. Provs., 12th May. Hume Coll. 



Cercomela asthenia, Bonap. 

 (Plate VII. fig. 13.) 



Pratincola melanura, apud Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 97. 



Myrmecocichla yerburii. Sharps, Bull. B O. C. iv. p. xxxviii (1895) ; id. 



Ibis, 1895, p. 384 ; Yerbury, Ibis, 1896, p. 24. 

 Cercomela asthenia, Sharpe, HandA. iv. p. 174 (1903). 



The small series of eggs of Bonaparte's Chat-Robin in the Collection 

 are very like those of C fusca, but they are slightly smaller, and 

 the markings appear to be larger and more decided, with the ground- 

 colour a trifle paler. Six examples measure from '71 to '78 in 

 length, and from -57 to -61 in breadth. 



4. Wilderness of Judsea, 26th April Crowley Bequest. 



(H. B. Tristram). 

 2. Palestine, 6th June (H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus POLIOCICHLA, Sharpe. 



Poliociclila cinerea ( Vieill.). 



Saxicola cinerea, Sharpe, ed. Layard^s Birds S. Africa, p. 242 (1876-84). 

 Myrmecocichla cinerea, Seehohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 368 (1881). 

 Emarginata cinerea. Stark ^ Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 204 



(1901). 

 Poliocichla cinerea, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 175 (1903). 



The eggs of the Lesser Sickle-winged Chat-Eobin are of a regular 

 oval shape and very glossy. They are of a blue colour, speckled 

 with rust-colour, chiefly at the broad end. They measure from 

 •8 to -9 in length, and from -6 to -64 in breadth. 



2. S. Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq, [P.]. 



1. S. Africa (E. L. Layard). Crowley Bequest. 



8. Nel'e Poort, S. Africa {T. Atmore: Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



