226 



Eeguloides superciliosus (Omel). 



Phylloscopus superciliosus, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 469 (1874) ; Seebohm, 



Ibis, 1879, p. 12 ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 68 (1881) ; id. Brit. 



Birds, i. p. 441, pi. 10 (1883) ; id. Eygs of Brit. Birds, p. 208, pi. 63. 



%. 9 (1896) ; Popham, Ibis, 1898, p. 496. 

 Phyllopneuste superciliosa, Tacz. Faune Orn. Sih6r. Orient, p. 264 



(1891). 

 Reguloides superciliosus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 216 (1903). 



The eggs of the Yellow-hrowed, or Crowned Willow- Warbler in 

 (he Collection are inseparable from many of the eggs of R. humei, 

 being white, speckled and spotted, more so at the large end than 

 elsewhere, with reddish brown and some obsolete underlying 

 lavender. Five examples measure from -56 to "6 in length, and 

 •45 in breadth. 



5. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 66^° N., 25th Seebohm CoU. 

 June {S. Seebohm). 



Reguloides humei (Brooks). 

 (Plate X. figs. 5 & 6.) 



Phylloscopus humii, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 67 (1881) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 410 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 8f 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 262 (1889) ; Wilson, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. xii. p. 636(1899). 



Reguloides humei, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 216 (1903). 



The eggs of Hume's Willow-Warbler vary from a pointed to a 

 blunt oval shape and possess little gloss. They are white, marked 

 with specks and spots of reddish brown and very pale underlying 

 lavender. On some specimens the markings are very fine, on others 

 rather coarse and blotchy, but in either case they are most dense 

 over the broader half of the eg^, where they form an ill-defined 

 cap. Examples measure from "52 to '6 in length, and from "42 to 

 •45 in breadth. 



6. Kashmir ( W. E. Brooks). Hume Coll. 



3. Kashmir, 1st June ( W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Kashmir, 2nd June ( W. E. B.). Huuie Coll. 

 8. Kashmir, 3rd June ( W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Kashmir, 4th June ( W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 6th June (W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



3. Kashmir, 31 st May ( W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Kashmir ( W. E. B.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Kashmir, June ( J^r. .E. ^. ; Tmiram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 2. Kashmir, 2nd June ( W. E. B. : Crowley Bequest, 

 Tristram Coll.), 



