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2. Cape St. Lucas, June (/. A'. ; Hen- Sfilviii-Godinan Coll. 



shaw Coll.). 



2. Cape St. Lucas (Smiths. In-<t.). Salvin-Go Iniaii Coll. 



2. Cape St. Lucas {J. X. : Smiths. Inst.). Crowley Eequest. 



Genus THRYOPHILUS, Baird. 



Thryophilus longirostris ( Vieill.). 



Thryopliilus longirostris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 203 (1881) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 45 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus, 

 Paulista, iv. p. 199 (1900) ; Sliarpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 77 (1903). 



The eggs of the Long-billed "Wren in the Collection are of a 

 somewhat narrow oval shape and devoid of all gloss. They are of a 

 creamy-white colour, somewhat thickly speckled with pale reddish 

 brown and lavender, especially at the broad end, where the markings 

 form a verj- well-marked zone. Two examples measure respectively : 

 •88 by -6 ; -82 by -6. 



2. Iguape, Brazil, 12th Xov. Crowley Bequest. 



Thryophilus modestus (Cab.). 



Thryophilus modestus, Salv. ^- Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 83 

 (1880) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M vi. p. 209 (1881); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 4(3 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv» p. 78 (1903). 



The eggs of the Central-American Wren in the Collection are of a 

 narrow oval form, devoid of gloss, and plain white. They measure 

 respectively : -84 by -57; '83 by»'56. 



2. Costa Rica, 16th May (C. F. Under- Crowley Bequest. 

 ^Dood). 



Thryophilus nigricapillus {Scl.). 



(Plate V. fig. 4.) 



Tbryothorus nigricapillus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 84. 



Thryophilus nigricapillus, Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1S79, p. 493 ; Salv. ^- Godm. 



Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 89 (1880) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M 



vi. p. 217 (1881) ; id. Hund-l. iv. p. 80 (1903). 



Eggs of the Black-capped Wren in the Collection are of an abnor- 

 mally lengthened oval shape, devoid of gloss, and of a creamy-white 

 colour, sparingly spotted with black and lavender, the spots bein" 

 irregularly distributed over the whole surface. They measure l-Ql 

 by -60 and 1-Ul by -^-l. 



2. Naiiegal, Ecuador (Z. Fraser). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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