224 SYLviiDJi:. 



necessary. They measure from -58 to "64 in length, and from -45 

 to -5 in breadth. One very narrow, lengthened example measures 

 •75 by -44. 



5. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 70^° N., 1st July Seebohm Coll. 

 {H. Seebohm). 



5. Yenesei V., Lat. 70i° N., 2nd July Seebohm Coll. 



(H. S.). 



6. Yenesei V., Lat. 70^° N., 4th July Seebohm Coll. 



{U.S.). 

 4. Yenesei V., Lat. 70i° N., 6th July Seebohm Coll. 



(H. S). 

 4. Yenesei V., Lat. 70i° N., 7th July Seebohm Coll. 



3. Yenesei V.', Lat. 67° N., 2nd July Seebohm Coll. 



{H.S.). 



1. Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, 6th July Seebohm Coll. 



(Kibort). 



C>. Altai Mountains (Trtwrr^). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Altai Mountains, 2oth May. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Altai Mountains, 2oth May. Crowley Bequest. 



Phylloscopus tytleri, Brools. 



Phylloscopus tvtleri, Seebohm,_ Cnt. Birds B. M. v. p. 66 (1881); Oates, 

 Fauna Brit, hid.. Birds, i. p. 402 (18S9) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eijgs 

 Ind. Birds, i. p. 258 (1889) ; Shar2)e, Hand-l. iv. p. 214 (1903). 



An egg of Tytler's Willow-Warbler, taken by Capt. Cock, is of a 

 regular oval shape, totally devoid of gloss and of a plain white 

 colour. It measures -57 by -46. 



1, Sonamurg, Kashmir, 4th June (C. R. Crowley Bequest. 

 Cock: Tristram Coll.). 



Genus OREOPNEUSTE, Sivinh. 

 Oreopneuste affinis (Tickcll). 



Phylloscopus affinis. Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 6.5 (1881) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 401 (1889) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. i. 

 p. 671 (1894). 



Oreopneuste affinis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 214 (1903). 



The eggs of Tickell's Willow-Warbler are rather blunt ovals, 

 somewhat pointed towards the smaller end ; they are pure white 

 with some gloss, one specimen being almost devoid of markings, the 

 other three with a faint freckled zone of light rufous-brown round 

 the larger end. They measure •53 to '62 in length, by '48 in 

 breadth. 



4. Koko-nor ( Trint/ Museum). Crowley Bequest. 



