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the beauty or variety of the markings, which are a combination of 

 bold blotches, clouds, and spots, with delicate, intricate inter- 

 woven lines recalling somewhat, but more elaborate and, I think, 

 finer than, those of our old favourite — the Yellow Ammer. The 

 markings are invariably most conspicuous at the large end, where 

 there is very commonly a conspicuous confluent cap, and the 

 delicate lines are almost without exception confined to the broader 

 half of the egg. 



" Very commonly the smaller end of the egg is entirely spotless, 

 and I have a beautiEul specimen now before me in which the only 

 markings consist of a ring of delicate lines round the large end. 

 Some idea of the delicacy and intricacy of these lines jnay be formed 

 when I mention that this zone is barely one-tenth of an inch broad, 

 and yet, in a good light, between twenty and thirty interlaced lines 

 making up this zone may bo counted." 



The eggs measure from -53 to -7 in length, and from -42 to -5 in 

 breadth. 



Prinia blanfordi {Wald.). 



Prinia itiornata {nee Sykes), Skarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 195, part. 



(1883). 

 Prinia blanfordi, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 454 (1889) ; id. ed. 



Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 305 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iv. p. 240 (1903). 



The eggs of the Burmese Wren-Warbler differ from those of 

 P. inornaia in the colour of the ground, which in the majority of 

 specimens is pale pinkish buff; in others pale blue or greenish 

 white ; and in others again a pale salmon-pink. The markings are 

 of quite the same character in the eggs of the two species, but in 

 those of the present bird they are always bolder and larger. 



2. Pegu, 30th May (E. W. Dates). Gates Coll. 

 2. Pegu, 28th June (E. W. O.). Gates Coll. 



2. Pegu, 10th July {E. W. 0.). Gates Coll. 



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