NESIHAS. — MESALUKTJS. 199- 



21. Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.], 



10. Madagascar. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Madagascar {E. Newton: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Coll.). 



Nesillas lantzi (Grandid.). 



EUisia madagascariensis, var. lantzii, Milne-Edwards Sf Grandidier, Hist, 

 Nat. Madag., Ois. i. p. 330, pi. 303. figs. 2,2 a (1879). 



Ellisia lantzii, Vowan, Proc. S. Phi/s. Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 148 (1882). 



Ellisia lantzi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 121 (1883) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 62 (1899). 



Nesillas lantzi, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 201 (1903). 



The eggs of Lantz's Warbler are very similar to those of 

 N. typica, but they have a much darker greyish-pink ground, the 

 markings are less frequent, and in many specimens the twisted 

 lines are altogether absent. Nine examples measure from '77 to 

 •85 in length, and from -58 to '63 in breadth, 



9. Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



Genus SPILOPTILA, Sundev. 

 Spiloptila ocularis (A. Smith). 



Drymoeca ocularia, Ayres, Ibis, 1871, p. 101 ; Sharpe, ed. Bayard's Birds 



S. Africa, p. 256 ^875-84). 

 Spiloptila ocularia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 232 (1883) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 55 (1899) ; Stark ^ Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, 



Birds, ii. p. 138 (1901). 

 SpiloptUa ocularis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 201 (1903). 



The eggs of the Eufous-eared Grass-Warbler are, according to 

 Stark, of a pale bluish-greeu colour, rather thickly blotched with 

 pale reddish brown. Those in the Collection, however, taken by ' 

 Layard, are quite plain, one being of a pale blue colour and two 

 others of a bluish-white colour. They are of a blunt oval form 

 and glossy. Two examples measure respectively : '63 by '49 ; 

 •58 by ^46. 



1. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.J. 



2. South Africa {E. L. Bayard : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Colt.). 



Genus MEGALURUS, Horsf. 



Megalurus palustris, Horsf. 



Megalurus palustris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 123 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 383 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests IS; 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 249 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 62 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 202 (1903). 



The eggs of the Striated Marsh-Warbler vary much in shape, 

 some being narrow ovals, others broad ovals, and others again 



