AXORTHUKA, 



that they might easil}- escape observation, and eggs absolutely 

 spotless are of frequent occurrence. They measure from -60 to "To 

 in length, and from "45 to "So in breadth. 



Anorthura Mrtensis (SeeboJim). 



Troglodytes hirtensis, Seebohm, Zool. 1884, p. 333 ; id. Br. B. iii. p. G61 



(1885) ; id. Eggs Br. B. p. 217, pi. 54. fig. 3 (1896). 

 Anorthm-a hortensis (err.), Sharpe, Handb. B. of Gt. Brit. i. p. 317 (1894). 

 Anorthura hirtensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 91 (1903). 



The eggs of this large race of A. troglodytes, known as the St. 

 Kilda Wren, in the Collection, are of a creamy-white colour, spotted 

 and blotched with reddish, chiefly at the larger end, and in a bolder 

 manner than is usual with those of the ordinary species. They are 

 also unmistakably larger, measuring from "70 to '77 by from 

 •52 to -59. 



5. St. Kilda, June (C Z)«o?i). Seebohm Coll. 



6. St. Kilda, 20th June. J. Steele EUiott, Esq. [P.]. 



Anorthura borealis, /. C. E. Fischer. 



Troglodytes borealis, Baedeker, Bier Bur. Vlig. tab. 76. iig. 10 (1855-63) ; 



Fischer, J.f. O. 1861, p. 14, tab. i. fig. 1 ; Feiklen, Zool. 1872, p. .3222 ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 229 (1873) ; Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. 



p. 43, pi. — (1875). 

 Anorthura borealis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 272 (1881); id. 



Hand-l. iv. p. 91 (1903). 



The eggs of the Faroe Island Wren resemble those of A. troglo- 

 (hjtes, but are more heavily spotted, and the percentage of unspotted 

 and feebly marked specimens is certainly less than with the typical 

 species. They measure from 'OS to '8 by from '5 to "Ol. 



