76 teoglodttid^t;. 



4. [Iceland (Benzon).] Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 7. Faroe Islands {M. C Milller: Ilargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). 



7. Faroe Islands {H. C. M.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Faroe Islands {H. C. M.). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Faroe Islands (H. C. M.). Seebohm Coll. 

 4. Faroe Islands {H. C. M.). Seebohm Coll. 

 6. Faroe Islands {H. CM.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Faroe Islands, 18th May [H. C. M.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Faroelslauds, 20th May (i/'. C.Tlf.). Seebohm Coll. 

 4. Fariie Islands, 24th May {H. C. M.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Faroe Islands, 24th May {H. C. M.). Seebohm Coll. 

 6. Faroe Islands, 26th May (H. C. M.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Faroe Islands, 28th May {H. C. M.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Faroe Islands, 2nd June (H. C. M.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Faroe Islands, 4th June (ZT. C ilf.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Faroe Islands, 4th June (H. C. M.). Seebohm Coll. 



8. Faroe Islands, 4th June (H. C. 31.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Faroe Islands, 5th June (H. C. M.). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Faroe Islands, 8th June (H. C. M.). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Faroe Islands, 14th June (H. C. M.). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Faroe Islands {H. W. Feilden). Col. H. W. FeOden, C.B. [P.]. 



1. Faroe Islands {H. C. Midler). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Faroe Islands, 25th May {H. C. M.). Crowley Bequest. 



5. Faroe Islands (H. C. M.). Crowley Bequest. 



Anorthura hiemalis ( Vieill.). 



Anorthura troglodytes, var. hyemalis, Coues, B. N.-West, p. 33 (1874). 

 Anorthura troglodytes hyemalis, Coues, Birds Col. Vail. p. 176 (1878). 

 Troglodj'tes parvulus, var. hyemalis, Baird, Breicer ^ Ridgw. N. Amer, 



Birds, i. p. 155 (1874). 

 Anorthura hiemalis. Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. \i. p. 275 (1881) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Biersamml. p. 48 (1899) ; S/tarpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 92 (1903). 



The eggs of tbe Winter Wren in the Collection resemble, as stated 

 by Nehrkorn, those of CistotJwrus platcnsis, and are quite unlike 

 our other eggs of the genus Anorthura. They are of a regular oval 

 form, thickly speclded on a pinkish-white ground with bright reddish 

 and dull purplish brown, chiefly towards the larger end. They are 

 from "66 to -7 by from "46 to 'SI. 



7. Victoria, Brit. Columbia. Crowley Bequest. 



Anorthura neglecta (Brools). 

 Troglodytes nipalensis, Hume, Nests S,- Eygs Ind. Birds, 1st ed. p. 218 



(187;!). 



Anorthura neglecta, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 278 (1881) : Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 3.38 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests ^ 

 Eqq-i Ind. Birds, i. p. 221 (1889) ; Osmaston, Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. xi. p. 469 (1898) ; Wilson, t. c. xii. p. 635 (1899) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 48 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iy. p. 92 (1903). 



The eggs of the Kashmir Wren resemble those of A. trogJodytes, 

 and are of either an ordinary or broad short oval form. Sometimes 

 they are plain white ; but for the most part they are white, deli- 

 cately and very sparingly speckled with rufous and lilac. Four 



