246 STLVIIDiB, 



uniform chestnut. They measure from -52 to '64 in length, and 

 from -43 to -5 in breadth. 



207. Formosa {R. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



7. Formosa [JR. Sioinhoe : Tristram Orowley Bec^uest. 



Coll.). 



2. Foochow, China, 5th May. 0. B. Eickett, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Foochow, 20th May. *0. B. liiekett, Esq. [P.]. 



Burnesia superciliaris (Salvad.'). 



(Plate XI. fig. 4.) 



Prinia superciliaris, Sharpe, P. Z. 8 1879, p. 341. 



Burnesia superciliaris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 206 (1883) ; id. 



Ibis, 1889, p. 278; Everett, List Birds Borneo, p. 102 (1889); 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 54 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ir. p. 241 



fl90.3). 



The eggs of the Bornean Wren- Warbler are broad ovals and very 

 glossy. They vary from pinkish brown to a rich dark chestnut 

 colour. They are almost uniform, little or none of the ground- 

 colour being visible. They measure from "59 to -64 in length, 

 and from "48 to -51 in breadth. 



13. Lahuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



2. Borneo. A. H. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Labuan, 20th May (/. PfAiieAeacZ). Orowley Bequest. 

 1.5. Labuan {Sir Hugh Low). Crowley Bequest. 



Burnesia substriata {A. Smith). 

 (Plate XI. fig. 3.) 



Drymoeca substriata, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds 8. Africa, p. 256 



(1875-84). 

 Burnesia substriata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 206 (1883) ; id. 



Hand-l. iv. p. 241 (1903). 

 Prinia substriata, Stark ^ Sclater, Fatma S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 131 



(1901). 



The eggs of the White-breasted Wren- Warbler resemble those of 

 typical Prinia. They vary in shape from a rather blunt to a long 

 oval form and are highly glossed. The ground-colour is pale sea- 

 green, sparingly blotched and spotted all over with chocolate- 

 brown, reddish brown, and under-lying lavender markings. They 

 measure from -B to "68 in length, and-"44 to 45 ia breadth. 



4. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



4. South Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Burnesia sooialis (Syhes). 



Prinia socialis, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 529 (1879) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. 



Ind., Birds, i. p. 450 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests Sr Eggs Ind. 



Birds, i. p. 291 (1889). 

 Burnesia socialis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 208 (1883) ; Nehrk, 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 54 (1899) : Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 242 (1903). 



