CUCBLUS. 109 



1. "\\'ith 4 eggs of foster-parents, Sussex, 30th May Seebohm Coll. 



(tSwaysland). 

 1. Willi uest and •'> eggs of foster-parents, England. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Witli „ y „ ,, Valkenswaard, Crowley Bequest. 



Holland, 1st July. 



Of the common type. 



Acrocephalus streperus. 



1. "With 1 ecg of foster-parents, England. Crowley Bequest. 



1. With 1 "^ „ Fullerton, Hants, 14th W. H. Turle, Esq. 



June. [P.]. 



1. "With 4 „ Avington, Hants {G. Seebohm Coll. 



E. Shelleij). 



2. "\Mth 1 „ Eastbourne, Sussex, Seebohm Coll. 



4th June ( H.Saunders). 

 1. With 1 „ Pomerania, i-'ith Mav Seebohm Coll. 



{T. HoUa72d). 



1. \\"i\.\\ 2 „ Pomerania, 8th June Seebohm Coll. 



(T.H.). 



2. ^^ ith 2 „ Anhalt, Germany, 2nd Seebohm Coll. 



June (Dr. Rey). 

 1. With nest and 1 e^^ of foster-parents, England Crowley Bequest. 



{Tristram Coll.). 

 1. With „ 2 „ Staines, Middlesex. Crowley Bequest. 



1. With „ 5 „ Staines. Crowley Bequest. 



Eggs placed in the nests of the Heed- Warbler are of a varied 

 nature. Nine examples are more or less forms of the common 

 type ; two, placed in one nest, are white, spotted with lavender 

 and speckled with dark brown ; and one is of a greyish-pink colour, 

 marked with lilac and rich purplish-red. 



Acrocej)lialus palustris. 



iste 



Of the common type. 



1. With 3 eggs of foster-parents, Halle-on-Saale, Purchased. 



4th June. 



Locvstella ncvia. 

 1. With nest and 4 eggs of foster-parents, Brighton. Crowley Bequest. 

 Of the common type. 



Lanius collurio. 



1. W^ith 5 eggs of foster-parents, Churt, June. Crowley Bequest. 



1. With 3 „ „ Halle-on-Saale, Purchased. 



21st May. 



Of the common type, and very different from the fosterers' eggs. 



Lanius poyneranus. 



1. AVith 3 egsrs of foster-parents, South Spain, Crowley Bequest. 



10th May. 



Of the comnu)ii type; greenish white, mottled witli brown and 

 lavender. 



