OETHOTOMtrS. — CISTICOLi. 191 



Orthotomus chloronotus {Ogilvie- Grant). 

 (Plate IX. flg. 12.) 



Orthotomus chloronotus, Ogihie-Grant, Bull. B. O. C. v. p. ii (1895) ; id. 

 Ibis, 1896, p. 117; id. ^ Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 240; Sharps, 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 192 (1903). 



The eggs of the Green-backed Tailor-bird are of a blunt oval 

 form and -very slightly glossy. They are white, sparingly dotted 

 and spotted, fairly evenly all over, with lake-brown and underlying 

 pale lilac. They measure respectively : -65 by -48 ; -63 by '48 ; 

 •63 by -48. 



3. Province of Isabella, North-east J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



Luzon, Philippines, 29th May. 



Genus CISTICOLA, Kaup. 



Cisticola ruficapilla, A. Smith. 



(Plate IX. figs. 13 & 14.) 



Cisticola aberrans, Sharps, ed. Layard's Birds S.Africa, p. 271 (1876-84) ; 



Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 246 (1883) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 65 (1899) ; Stark ^ Sehter, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 143 



(1901). 

 Cisticola ruficapilla. Sharps, Sand-l. iv. p. 194 (1903). 



The eggs of Smith's Fantail- Warbler are of a lengthened oval 

 shape and very glossy. Those forming one clutch are white, 

 speckled with lilac-red and lavender, chiefly at the broad end. 

 Those forming a second cluvtch are of a pinkish cream-colour, densely 

 mottled aU over with reddish brown and lavender. They measure 

 from '63 to •? in length, and from "45 to -5 in breadth. 



4. Natal. Dr. Gueinzius [0.]. 



4. Natal. Dr. Gueinzius [0.]. 



Cisticola cisticola (Temm.). 



Sylvia cisticola, Thien. Fartpjlanx,. ges. VSg. tab. xxii. flg. 11, a, b 



(1845-54). 

 Cisticola schoenicola, Baedsher, Bier Eur. Vog. tab. 19. fig. 23 (1855-63) ; 



Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 214. 

 Acrocephalus cisticola, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 23, pi. (1875). 

 Cisticola cursitans, Sevgl. Om. N. O.-Afr. i. p. 267, taf. xliii. figs. 4-6 



(1873); Bresssr, Birds Eur.\\\.^.^\\ffn); Oatss, Fauna Brit. Ind., 



Birds, i. p. 374 (1889) ; id. ed. Sums, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, 1. 



p. 236 (1889). 

 Cisticola cisticola, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 259 (1883) ; id. Hand-l. 



iv. p. 197 (1903). 



The eggs of the Pantail- Warbler taken in Europe are extremely 

 variable, whereas those taken in India and Burma appear to be 

 always of one type. 



