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Oreopnenste fuscata {Blyth). 



Phyllopneuste fuscata, Tacz. J.f. O. 1872, p. 357; 1873, taf. i. fig. 6. 

 Lusciniola fuscata, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 127 (1881) ; Tac». 



Faune Orn. Sib^r. Orient, p. 272 (1891) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 34 (1899)., 

 PhyUoscopus fuscatus, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 405 (1889). 

 Oreopneuste fuscatus, Sharps, Sand-l. iv. p. 215 (1903). 



The eggs of the Dusky "Willow- Warbler are of a pointed oval 

 shape, moderately glossy, and of a plain white colour. Five examples 

 measure respectively : -67 by -52; -63 by -5 ; -64 by -5; -60 by -51 ; 

 •68 by -5. 



1. Lake Baikal, Siberia {Dybowski). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Kultuk, Lake Baikal, 12th June. Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Dauria, June {DybowsM). Crowley Bequest. 



Oreopneuste neglecta, Hume. 



Phylloscopus neglectua, Sume, Ibis, 1870, p. 14-3 ; Blanf. Fast. Persia,\i. 



p. 182 (1876); Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 99; Witherby, Ibis, 1903, 



p. 537. 

 Lusciniola neglecta, Seebohm, Ibis, 1880, p. 277 ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. v. 



p. 131 (1881). 

 Oreopneuste neglectus, Sharpe, Sand-l. iv. p. 215 (1903). 



The eggs of Hume's Grass-Warbler are oval in shape, distinctly 

 pointed towards the smaller end, and pure white with a slight gloss. 

 They measure -6 by -45. * 



4. Dasht-i-aijan, Persia, 28th April. H. F. Witherby, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus REGULOIDES, Blyth. 



Regxiloides proregulus {Pall.'). 



Keguloides proreguliis, Tacz. J.f. O. 1872, p. 860, 1873, taf. i. fig. 10; 



Sharpe, Sand-l. iv. p. 215 (1903). 

 Phylloscopus proregulus, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 71 (1881) ; 



Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 408 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Neks 



^ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 260 (1889) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. (Supnl.) 



p. 73 (1895). 

 Phyllopneuste proregulus, Tacz. Faune Orn. Sib^r. Orient, p. 267 (1891) 

 * 

 The eggs of Pallas's Willow- Warbler in the Collection are of a 

 rather broad but pointed oval shape and slightly glossy. They 

 are of a creamy-white colour, speckled and spotted with reddish 

 brown and lUac, densely on the broader half, where the markings 

 form a zone, and sparingly elsewhere. They measure '53 by "44 

 and -54 by -43 respectively. 



1. Kashmir, 80th May (C. R. Cock). Hume Coll. 

 1. Kashmir, 2nd June (C. R. C; Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



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