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examples measure respectively : '68 by '49 ; "6 by -5 ; "G by '5 ; 



•65 by -48. 



1. Kashmir, 2nd June ( W. E. Brouks). Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 1st July ( IV. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Kashmir (C. is". C'oc/c: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



Genus CATHERPES, Baird. 

 Catherpes mexicanus {Swahis.). 



Catherpes mexicanus, Salv. S)- Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Avcs, i. p. 72 

 (1880) ; Skarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 281 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamynl. p. 48 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 93 (1903). 



An egg of the Mexican White-throated Rock- Wren in the 



Collection is of a blunt oval shape, and of a glossy white, sparingly 

 speckled with pale rufous and lilac, the minute markings being 

 more numerous at the larger end. It measures '71 by "55. 



1. [Mexico.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus HEMIURA, Ridgw. 



Hemiura solstitialis {Sclat.). 



Troglodytes solstitialis, Scl. Sr Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 493 ; Salv. ^ Godm. 



Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 102 (1880) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 



vi. p. 269 (1881). 

 Hemiura solstitialis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 94 (1903). 



The eggs of the Rufous-necked House- Wren are broad ovals, finely 

 glossy, white, speckled with pale red and underlying lavender, more 

 densely at the large end of the egg than elsewhere. Two examples 

 measure respectively : -66 by •52 ; '68 by -53. 



2. Sta. Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman CoU, 



{J. K. Salmon). 

 1. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



Hemiura bmnneicollis (Sclat.). 



Troglodvtes brunneicoUis, Sah\ ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 



p. 103 (1880); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 201 (1881) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 48 (la99). 

 Hemiura brunneicoUis, Sharpe, JIand-l. B. iv. p. 94 (1903). 



Two eggs of the Brown-necked House-Wren differ greatly from 

 one another in shape and markings. Both have the ground-colour 

 white. Tbe shorter egg, which is of a blunt oval shape, has the 

 markings light Indian red, with underlying blotches of dull lavender ; 

 almost all these markings are confined to the larger end, where they 

 form an irregular cap or mass. In the second eg^, which is Inri^er 

 and of a longer oval shape, the markings are browner, more nunie- 

 rous towards the smaller end, and form a wide interrupted zone 



