Family TROGLODYTIDAE. 

 Anorthura troglodytes (L.) - Wren. 



(Plate 47, fig. a-c). 

 (Snouckaert: Avifauna Neerlandica, p. 50, No. 123). 



Colour of surface of shell: 

 Colour of spots: 



Average dimensions: 

 Average weight of shell : 

 Texture of shell: 

 Shape : 

 Nest: 



Site of nest: 



Number of eggs: 

 Breeding season: 

 Duration of incubation; 



milk white. 



red; brownish red; rarely bright. Unspotted 

 eggs, or eggs on which pigment spots are 

 scarcely visible with the unaided eye, oc- 

 cur now and again. 



16.2 X 12.2 millimetres. 



0075 gram. 



not specially characterized. 



ovoidal. 



is built of vegetable materials, especially of 

 dry leaves and moss, and lined with hair, 

 feathers and down (of plants). (In addition 

 to the breeding nest, sleeping or winter-! 

 nests are also made). 



under tree roots; in crevices and hollows of 

 walls and trees; in shrubs thickly covered 

 with climbing plants; in wood-stacks, etc. 



6—8, usually 7. 



May— July. 



about 13 days. 



