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The eggs of the Ashy "Wren-Warbler are of a somewhat pointed 

 oval form and exceedingly glossy. They vary from brick-red to 

 rich chestnut in colour, some being paler, some darker. The 

 broad end of the egg is generally darker than the remainder of the 

 shell, and exhibits a cap or zone. The eggs measure from "6 to 

 •68 in length, and from "45 to 'b in breadth. 



Burnesia gracilis {Orefzsohm.). 



Malurus gracilis, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 162, tab. xix. fig. 5 



(1845-54). 

 Drymoeca gracilis, Tristram, Ibis, 1865, p. 82; Seaql. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 



p. 242, taf. xliii. fig. 7 (1873) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 13, part. 



(1879). 

 Burnesia gracilis, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 210 (1883) ; Nehrk, 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 54 (1899) ; Sharpe, Handel, iv. p. 242 (1903). 



The eggs of the Streaked Wren-Warbler are of a somewhat 

 broad oval form and fairly glossy. They are of a pinkish cream- 

 colour, densely freckled with chestnut, especially round the broad 

 end, where the markings form either a cap or a broad zone. Ten 

 specimens measure from -57 to "6 in length, and "45 in breadth. 



2. Palestine, 18th May. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



3. Waters of Merom, Palestine, 27th Salvin-Godman Coll. 



May {H. B. Tristram). 



2. Egypt. Old Collection. 



1. Nubia, 13th June. Col. W. Verner [P.]. 



3. Soudan, 28th May (7f. Ferner). Seebohm Coll. 



