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cap at the broad end, in others an ill-defined zone. They measure 

 from '73 to -8 in length, and from -53 to -6 in breadth. 



4. Cambridgeshire, 1854 {H. Hoioard). 

 3. Holland, 20th May. 



5. Holland. 



3. Holland, 2nd June. 



1. Holland {Tristram Coll.). 

 3. Germany, June. 



5. Hungary, 6th June. 



2. South Spain (L. H. Irby). 



3. Zana, Algeria, June (O. Salvin). 

 2. Zana (O. S.: Tristram Coll.). 



1. Zana, 11th June {H. B. Tristram). 



Seebohai Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Locustella naevia (Bocld.). 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 21.) 



Syl-via locustella, Thien. Fortpfianz. qes. Vog. p. 200, tab. xx\. fio-. 8. a-c 



(1845-54). 

 Locustella naevia, Baedehm-, Eier Eur. Voff. tab. 19. fig. 21 (1855-63) ; 



Dresser, Birds Bur. ii. p. 611 (1874) : Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 186 



(1903). ^ 



Salicaria locustella, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 112 pi xxxi 



fig. i (1856). 

 Locustella locustella, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 115 (1831) ; id. 



Brit. Birds, i. p. 340, pi. 10 (1883) ; id. Egos of Brit. Birds, p. 194, 



pi. 52. fig. 1 (1896). 



The eggs of the Grasshopper- Warbler are of a broad pointed oval 

 form and very glossy. The ground-colour is white or pinkish white, 

 very thickly speckled with minute dots of rufous or chestnut- 

 brown. The markings sometimes form a very broad and dense 

 zone round the larger end and sometimes an ill-defined cap, but, as 

 a rule, they are evenly spread over the entire shell. In a few 

 specimens the markings are comparatively large and blotchy. 

 When carefully examined, most of the specimens will be found to 

 be sprinkled with pale underlying grey, and a few examples have 

 some dark hair-lines at the broad end. The eggs measure from -65 

 to -75 in length, and from -o to -bo in breadth. 



6. Co. Waterford, 31st May {R. J. 

 Ussher). 



6. Co. Waterford, 1st June {R. J. U.). 

 4. Newcastle, 10th May {R. Greenwell). 



4. Newcastle, 20th May {R. G.). 



5. Newcastle, 17th May (Hargitt Coll.). 

 4. Northumberland, 14th May. 



3. Castle Eden, Durham, 30'th May 



{Tristram Coll.). 



7. Blaydon-on-Tvne, Durham, 28th 



June {Hari/itt Coll.). 



4. Feltwell, Norfolk. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

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