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4. Elbeuf {Noury : Sargitt Coll.). Seebolmi Coll. 

 3. Malaga, Spain, 19th May. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Malaga (-H. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Malaga, 6th June (S. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Malaga, 10th June LH. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Malaga, 16th June (H. S.). Seebohm CoU. 



4. Malaga, 20th June {S. S.). Se|bohm Coll. 



4. Malaga. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Anclam, Pomerania, 13th May. L. Field, Esq. 



6. Anclam, 5th June. L. Field, Esq. 



4. Algiers, May (2>Js<raTO CoB.). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Lake Halloula, Algeria, June Crowley Bequest. 

 (Tristram Coll.). 



1. Zana, Algeria, 11th Jime (ymfe-am Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



2. Zana, 12th June (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Acrocephalus dumetorum (Blyth). 



(Plate IX. figs. 1 & 4.) 



Acrocephalus dumetorum, Anderson, Stray Feath. iii. p. 351 (1875); 

 Dresser, Birds Ewr. ii. p. 561 (1876) ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 645 

 (1879) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 104 (1881) ; Oates, Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 359 (1889) ; id. ed. Sumie, Nests i!f Eggs Ind. 

 Birds, 1. p. 226 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Fiersamml. p. 33 (1899); 

 Sharpe, Band-l. iv. p. 188 (1903). 



The eggs of Blyth's Eeed-Warbler vary remarkably, and are of 

 three distinct types. 



Eggs taken by Capt. Hutton agree well with those described by 

 Anderson (Z. c). They are of a blunt oval shape, slightly glossy, 

 and of a white colour, speckled with rufous, They measure respec- 

 tively : -66 by -53 ; -64 by -52 ; -64 by -51. 



Those of a second type are of a somewbat pointed oval shape, 

 moderately glossy, and of a pale pink colour, mottled and blotched 

 with lilac or brownish pink. 



Those of a third type are of a pointed oval shape, moderately 

 glossy, and of a greyish-white colour, mottled and blotched in the 

 same manner as in the second type, but with lavender, pale brown, 

 and umber-brown, and occasionally marked with a few darker, 

 almost black, specks. 



Examples of the second and third types measure from -64 to -77 

 in length, and from -S to -55 in breadth. 



3. Jerripani, Himalayas, 6th May 



(T. Rutton). 



4. Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, 25th June 



(Kibart). 



5. Altai Mountains (Tancri Coll.). 

 3. Altai Mountains (TancrS Coll.). 

 2. Altai Mountains. 



1. Altai Mountains (Nehrkom Coll.). 



Hume Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm CoU. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



