228 SYLVIID^. 



The eggs of the Large Crowned "Willow- Warbler vary from a 

 pointed to a blunt oval form. They are moderately glossy and plain 

 white. Fonr examples measure respectively : '65 by '5 ; 'Q3 by '49 ; 

 •63 by -46 ; -62 by -48. 



1. Kashmir, 21st May (C.i?. CocA-). Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 3rd June (C. It. C). Hume Coll. 



2. Kashmir, 4th June (C. R. C). Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 31st May {C.E.C.: Crowley Bec^uest. 



Tristrayn Coll.). 



Acanthopneuste davisoni, Oates. 



PhyUoscopus viridipennis, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 53 (1881). 

 Acanthopneuste davisoni, Oaten, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 420 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests S,- Eqgs Ind. Birds, i. p. 269 (1889) ; Oates, Ibis, 



1894, p. 482 ; Sharpe, Handel, iv. p. 218 (1903). 



The eggs of the Burmese White-tailed Willow-Warbler are of a 

 rather broad oval form, moderately glossy, and plain white. Four 

 specimens measure respectively : -58 by -49 ; '58 by "48 ; '57 by -48 ; 

 •6 by -46. 



1. Byingyi Mountain, Upper Burma, Oates Coll. 



March {E. W. Oates). 



3. Mooleyit Mountain, Tenasserim, Hume Coll. 



2nd Feb. ( W. Davison). 



Genus CHTHONICOLA, Gould. 



Chthonicola sagittata (Lath.). 



Chthonicola sagittata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 390 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 290 (1883) ; North, Nests Sr Egqs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 149 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersainml. p. 56 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests Sj- Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 28, pi. 10 (1901) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 219 (1903). 



The eggs of the Little Field- Wren are of a very broad oval form 

 and possess a considerable amount of gloss. They are of a chocolate- 

 red colour, with the broad end somewhat darker than the other 

 parts. They measure from •? to '8 in length, and from -57 to '6 in 

 breadth. 



2. Dohroyde, N.S.W. (jE". P. i^am.sffj/; Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Ashfield, N.S.W. (E. P. It .- Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



t}-am Coll.). 



3. New South Wales (jE:. P. P.). Gould Coll. 

 3. New South Wales [G. Bennett). Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. r.A.Philbrick,Esq.,K.C.[P.]. 



3. Oakleigh, Victoria, 21st Sept. (^./. Crowley Bequest. 



North). 

 1. Australia. W. Radchffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



