PAXURUS. SUTHORA. G3 



The single cg£; of the Ked-billed Crow-Tit in the Collection is 

 of a blunt oval form and but slightly glossy. The ground is 

 creamy-white, and is spotted, blotched and smudged, but not 

 thickly, M'ith pale yellowish brown. Intermingled with these 

 markings are some underlying spots of deep lavender. It 

 measures l-ll by -S. 



1. Sikliiin, 10,000 feet, ]\Iav (Z. Man- Iliime Coll. 

 del It). 



Genus PANURUS, Koch. 

 Panurus biarmicus {Linn.). 



Panis biarmicus, Thim. Fortpjlnnz. ge^. Viij. p. 151, tab. xviii. 



fig. 12, «, b (184.'3-54). 

 Calamophilos biarmicus, Buedclcer, Eier Eur. 7oV/. tab. 43. fig. 18 



(l»o5-63). 

 Calamophilus biarmicus, Ilewitson, Ei/qs of Brit. Birds, i. p. IGl, pi. xl. 



tig. iii (18.j6) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ili. p. 49 (1871 ). 

 l^anurus biarmicus, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 77 (1883) ; Seehohm, 



Brit. Birds, i. p. 492, pi. 12 (1883) ; id., Egys of Brit. Birds, p. 214, 



pi. 53. tig. 20 (1896) ; Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 68 (1903j. 



The eggs of the Bearded Titmouse are of a very broad oval shape, 

 and some specimens approach the spheroidal. They have a con- 

 siderable amount of gloss, and are white, very evenly and somewhat 

 sparingly marked all over with short wavy lines, spots and streaks 

 of dark brown. The eggs of this species apjiear to be remarkably 

 uniform in coloration. They measure from "G to '75 in length, and 

 from '53 to 'oO in breadth. 



3. Laid in confinement, 3rd .July. Seebohm Coll. 

 5. llickliug Eroad. Norfolk, 24th Seebohm Coll, 



April (F. Norg(de). 

 n. Ilicldiug Broad, lOtli June {F. X.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Hickling Broad, 12tli June {F. y.). Seebohm Coll. 



11, llicklins Broad. Salvin-Godroan Coll. 



6. Horsey,"" Norfolk. R. W. Chase, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Hornsea, Norfolk. Salvin-God man Coll. 

 4. Valkenswaard, Holland (J. Bcfkpr). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus SUTHORA, IM,/s. 



Suthora webbiana, ^irai/. 



(Plate I. fig. ]4.) 



Suthora wf'ljbiana, David 4' Oustalet, Ois. Chine, p. 208 (1877) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. 31. vii. p. 490 (1883) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 189; 

 JVehrk. Kut. Eiersamnl. y. 61 (1899): Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p 70 

 (1903). 



The eggs of the (-hincse Suthora are of a regular oval form and 

 are fairly glossy. In colour they are spotless blue, but this blue 



