248 SXLYIID^. 



Burnesia lepida {Elyth). 



Burnesia lepida, A. Anderson, Ibis, 1872, p. 237; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. vii. p. 211 (1883) ; id. Ibis, 1891, p. 109; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 54 (1899) ; iShwpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 242 (1903). 

 Prinia lepida, Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 448 (1889) ; id. ed. 

 Hume, Nests Sr £ggs Indian Birds, i. p. 287 (1889). 



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The eggs of the Indian Streaked Wren-Warbler are mostly of a 

 short broad oval shape, and exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. 

 The ground-colour varies from greenish -white to pale greenish 

 blue, and is very thickly freckled, streaked, and blotched with 

 bright chestnut-brown. In many specimens the markings are 

 more dense at the broad end than elsewhere, and form an ill- 

 defined, irregular zone. The eggs, as remarked by Mr. Hume, are 

 very similar in colour to those of the Common Blackbird. They 

 measure from -18 to '59 in length, and from -4 to "45 in breadth. 



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Genus MALURUS, Vieill. 

 Malurus cyaneus (Ellis). 



Malurus cyaneus, Thien. Forfpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 161, tab. xix. fig. 1 

 (1845-54) ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 317 (1866) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 286 (1879) ; North, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 112 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Mersamml. p. 28 (1899) ; Camp- 

 bell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 163, pi. 8 (1901); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 243 (1903). 



The eggs of the Blue Superb- Warbler are of a regular oval shape 

 and nearly devoid of all gloss. They are of a white or pinkish- 

 white colour, marked with chestnut and lilac-red. On some 

 examples the markings are very minute, merely specks, evenly 

 spread over the whole shell ; on others they consist of confluent 

 blotches at the broad end, forming a zone, and of small spots else- 

 where ; and on others, again, they consist of spots and small 

 blotches, evenly distributed over the shell. Specimens moasui-e 

 from -64 to -71 in length, and from -48 to -53 in breadth. 



3. Queensland {Ow(m\. Gould Coll. 



8. Queensland (Ojwm). Gould Coll. 



