70 TKOGLODYTID.B. 



Thryothorus bewickii, Dresser, Ihi-f, 1805, p. 484; SJiarpe, Cat. Birds 



B. M. vi. p. 225 (1881) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 146 (1899). 

 Thryomanes bewickii, Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 84 (1903). 



The eggs of Bewick's Wren are of a broad oval form, somewhat 

 wanting in gloss. They are white, speckled with chestnut, lilac-red, 

 and lavender, the markings being more dense at the broad end than 

 elsewhere, sometimes forming a distinct zone or cap at that part. 

 Specimens measure from -65 to '75 in length, and from 'b to '53 

 in breadth. 



4. W. Texas (D. G. Elliot : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



2. San Antonio, Texas (H. E. Dresser). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Brownsville, Texas, April. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. Missouri, 1st June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Thryomanes spilurus ( Vigors). 



Thryothorus bewickii, rar. spilurus, Baird, Bretcer ^ Ridyiv. N. Amer. 



Birds, i. p. 147 (1874). 

 Thryothorus spilurus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 225 (1881) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 46 (1899). 

 Thryomanes spilurus, Shurpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 84 (1903). 



The three eggs of Yigors's Wren in the Collection are of a regular 

 oval form and moderately glossy. They are white, very delicately 

 speckled (in two out of the three in the shape of a zone round the 

 broad end) with brownish pink, lilac-red, and lavender. They 

 measure respectively : 'BS by '5 ; "61 by 5 ; and "65 by 'o. 



2. Califorriia (R. Ridgway : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 1. Los Angeles, California, 20th April. W. Radcliffe Saimders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus CISTOTHORUS, Cah. 

 Cistothonis palustris ( Wilson). 



Telmatodytes palustris, Coues, Birds N.-West, p. 34 (1874). 



Cistothorus palustris, Baird, Brewer ^ Ridffiv. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 161 



(1874) ; Saio. ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 104 (1880) ; 



Shurpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 241 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 47 (1899) ; Sharpe, Uand-l. iv. p. 86 (1903). 



The eggs of the Eastern Long-billed Marsh-Wren var)- in 

 shape from a regular to a broad oval and are fairlj' glossy. The 

 ground-colour, where visible, is ashy grey, and this is very densely 

 mottled or streaked with chocolate-brown, some specimens pre- 

 senting the appearance of being almost uniformly of this colour. 

 In a few cases there is a distinct crown or cap at one end, of a still 

 darker tint. They measure from '57 to •67 in length, and from "49 

 to '51 in breadth. 



