CINCLIDiE. 79 



Family CINCLID^.. 



Genus CINCLUS, Bechst. 



The eggs of the Dippers are of a sharply-pointed oval form and 

 possess a considerable amount of gloss. They are all invariably 

 plain white, and the eggs of the ditlerent species cannot be separated 

 by any character. 



Cinclus aquations, Beclist. 



Cinclus aquaticus, Thien. Fortpfianz. ges. Viig. tab. xxvii. figs. 4, a, b 

 (1845-54); Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vorj. tab. 35'. fig. 13 (1855); 

 Hewilson, Eyys of Brit. Birds, i. p. 77, pi. xxii. (1856); Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. I'l. p. 167 (1874) ; &harpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 307 

 (1881); Seehohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 253, pi. 11 (1883); id. Egtjs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 183, pi. 51. fig. 8 (1896) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eicrsamml. 

 p. 48 (1899) ; SJiarpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 100 (1903). 



The eggs of the Common White-throated Di])per measure from 

 •92 to -98 in length, and from -7 to -77 in breadth. 



G. Drumuadrochit, Inverness-shire Seebolim Cull, 



{A. Laivler: Harijiit Coll.). 



3. Near Edinburgh (it. Snudl : Seebolim Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



5. England. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Northumberland ( W. Proctor). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Northumberland {R. Greenwell). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Cumberland {Heysham). Gould Coll. 



5. Cumberland (Ileyshcmi). Gould Coll. 

 9. Cumberland (F. Nicholson : Seebohm Coll. 



Ilargitt Coll.). 



3. Keswick, Cumberland (J. Laiu). Crowley Bequest. 



5. Alston Moor, Cumberland, 1st June. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Yorkshire. Lord VValsinghani [P.]. 



6. Asbopton, Derbyshire, 29th April Seebohm Coll. 



{H. Scebohvi). 



5. Asbopton, 1st May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Wales. _ Gould Coll. 



2. Vosges Mnuntaius, France (.l/o;<^eZ: Seebohm Coll. 

 Ilargitt Coll.). 



5. Altenkircben, Prussia, 13th May Seebohm Coll. 



(f. 6'ach.se). 



Cinclus albicollis ( Vieill.). 



Cinclus albicollis, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 181 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. vi. p. 310 (1881) ; id. Hand-l. iv. p. 100 (1903). 



The two eggs of the Pale-backed White-throated Dipper in the 

 Collection measure respectively: l-Ol by -72 ; 1-06 by -71. 



2. Parnassus, Greece, 11th May Seebobm Coll. 



(i/. Scehohm). 



