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Genus BRADYPTERUS, Sivains. 

 Bradypterus brachypterus {Vieill). 



Bradypterus lirachypterus, Sharps, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 286 

 (1875-84); Butler, Feilden Sf Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 246; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 113 (1883) ; Stark& Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, 

 Birds, ii. p. 99 '(1901^ ; Sharpe, Rand-l. it. p. 204 (1903). 



The eggs of the Stripe-throated E.eed-"Warbler in the Collection 

 are of a blunt oval form and moderately glossy. They are of a 

 greenish-white colour, thickly spotted and mottled, especially at the 

 broader end, with reddish brown and lavender. They measure 

 respectively : "9 by '62 ; '8 by -62. 



2. Cape of Good Hope {Miss Dacres : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Genus CH.ffiTORNIS, Gray. 



ChsBtornis locustelloides (Blyth). 



(Plate IX. fig. 18.) 



Chsetornis locustelloides, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 130 (1883) ; 

 Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 388 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests ^ Fqgs Ind. Birds, i. p. 252 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 53 (1899) ; Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 205(1903). 



The eggs of the Bristled Grass-Warbler are of a regular oval 

 form and but very slightly glossy. They are white, with a tinge of 

 pink, speckled and spotted, more densely at the larger end than 

 elsewhere, with pinkish brown, lilac-red, and lavender. They 

 measure from -76 to -85 in length, and from "57 to "62 in breadth. 



1. Deesa, Central India, 18th May Hume Coll. 



(E. A. Butler). 



4. Faridpur, Bengal, 23rd May Hume Coll. 



{J. JR. Cripps). 



4. Faridpur, 27th May {J. JR. C). Hums Coll. 



3. Faridpur, 28th May (J". B. C). Hume Coll. 



Genus CALAMOCICHLA, Sharpe. 

 Calamocichla newtoni (Hartl.). 



Calamoherpe newtoni, F. Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 344, pi. xiii. fig. 3 ; 



Cowan, Proc. B. Phys. Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 148 (1882). 

 Oalamodyta newtonii, Milne-Edwards Sr Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., 



Ois. p. 836, pi. 303. fig. 4 (1879). 

 Calamocichla newtoni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 131 (1883) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 63 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l, iv. p. 205 



(1903). 



The eggs of Newton's Grass-Warbler are of an ordinary oval 

 form and but very slightly glossy. They are of a pale greyish- 



