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Cisticola exilis ( Vig. S( Horsf.). 



' Cisticola exilis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 269 (1883) ; Campbell, 



Nests 8f Mggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 227, p). 10 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iv. p. 198 (1903). 

 Cisticola ruflceps, Oould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 353 (1865) ; Mumsay, 



Ibis, 1868, p. 277 ; North, Nests Sf Eggs Austr Birds, p. 127 (1889). 

 Cisticola erythrocepliala, Jerd. Birds Indf ii. p. 175 (1803) ; Davison, 



Stray Feath. x. p. 392 ( 1883) ; Terry, Stray Feath. x. p. 476 (1587) ; 



Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 371 (1889). 

 Cisticola volitans, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1863, p. y04 ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., 



Birds, i. p. 373 (1889) ; id. ed. Sume, Nests Sf Eggs Ind. Birds, 



i. p. 236 (1889). 



The eggs of the Eed-headed Fantail-Warbler are short ovals, 

 somewhat pointed, and moderatelj' glossy. The ground is pale blue. 

 Those of the Formosan bird are spotted and speckled with chocolate- 

 brown, and the markings are rather dense at the large end, sparse 

 elsewhere. The eggs of the Pegu bird are spotted with pale rufous, 

 very evenly over the whole shell. In one specimen the marking^ 

 consist entirely of a few very large blotches. The eggs vary from 

 •52 to '57 in length, and from -4 to -45 in breadth, but the eggs 

 from Pegu are distinctly larger than those from Formosa. 



Eggs from Australia appear to vary from the narrow to the broad 

 oval in shape and to be moderately glossy. They are also of a 

 bluish-green colour, speckled and blotched, chiefly at the broad end, 

 with reddish brown and lilac. They measure from "58 to -68 in 

 length, and from •46 to -5 in breadth. 



1. Palni Hills, South India, 3rd June. Major Horace Terry [P.]^ 



3. Hot Springs, N. Cachar. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Pegu, 28th May (E. W. Oates). Hume Coll. 



3. Pegu, 28th May (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



4. Formosa, 12th April (P. A. HoUt). Seehohm Coll. 



7. Formosa, 15th April (P. A. H.). Seehohm Coll. 



4. Java, 26th and 27th April. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. New South Wales (E. P. Bamsay). Gould Coll. 



8. Lismore, Eichmond, N.S.W., Crowley Bequest. 



30th Nov. (A. J. North). 

 23. North Queensland. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



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Cisticola tinniens {Lieht.). 

 Drymoeca levaillantii, Ayres, Ibis, 1869, p. 291. 

 Cisticola tinniens, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 265 (1876-84) ; 



id. Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 273 (1883) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 56 (1899) ; Stark ^ Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 147 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 198 (1903). 



The eggs of Le Vaillant's Fantail-Warbler are of a somewhat 

 pointed oval shape and very glossy. Those in the Collection are of 

 several distinct types. The eggs of one clutch are pinkish white, 

 freckled with pinkish brown, principally at the broad end, where a 

 conspicuous broad zone or cap is formed. The eggs of a second 

 clutch are blue, spotted and blotched, especially at the broad end. 



