I'OXILE. KITTIPAUrS. 303 



11. Lapland (//. ITmchins : Ilnniitt Seebobm Coll. 

 Coll.). 



3. Laplanrl, 2fitli Mav. Crowlev Bequest. 



2. Lapland (J. WnV'ey). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



7. Lapland (A. Keictnn). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



8. Wuonioniska, Lapland, Sth May. 8eebolim Coll. 



4. Finland, 3rd .Tuae {J. Wolle'y : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll. ). 



Pcecile carolinensis {And.). 



Parus carolinensis, Baircl, Breicer S^- Biilqw. N. Amer. Birch, i. p. 102 



(1874) : Gadou; Cat. Birds B. M. vii'i. p. 4G (1883). 

 Poecile carolinensis, S/iarpe, Hand-l. iv. p. ;'.2l (1903). 



The eggs of the Carolina Titmouse are of a broad oval form 

 and -without gloss. They are white, delicately marked with specks 

 and very small blotches of chestnut. The markings are more 

 numerous at the larger end than elsewhere, and form an ill-defined 

 cap at that part. Specimens measure from -55 to 'SS in length, and 

 from -44 to -46 in breadth. 



1. North America {Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 6. Washington, D.C, 27th April Salvin-(iodman Coll. 



{Ilenshaw Cull.). 



Pcecile atricapilla (Linn.). 



Parus atricapillus, Coues, Birds N.-JVest, p. 20 (1874); Baird, Bretrer 

 Sr Ridgti'. N. Amer. Birds. \. p. 96 (1874); Gadoio, Cut. Birds 

 B. M. viii. p. 44 (1883); ^'ehrk. Cat. Eiersa^nml. p. 66 (1899). 



Poecile atricapilla, Sluuye, Hand-l. iv. p. 321 (1903). 



The eggs of the American Black-capped Titmouse are broad ovals 

 and without gloss. They are white or pinkish white, speckled and 

 blotched with chestnut. Some specimens are merely speckled all 

 over ; others have blotches of small size combined with specks and 

 spots, especially at the larger end, where an indistinct cap is often 

 formed. They measure from -55 to -6 in length, and from -45 to 

 •5 in breadth. 



10. Massachusetts, U.S.A. {Eensliaw Salvin-Godman Coll 



Coll.). 

 1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus SITTIPARUS, Sehjs-Longch. 



Sittipams sieboldi, Seehohm. 



Parus varius, Gadou\ Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 37 (1883) ; Seehohm, Birds 



Jap. Emp. p. 8-3 (1890). 

 Sittiparus sieboldi, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 322 (1903). 



Two eggs of the Japanese Titmouse are of a very broad oval 

 shape, with the usual reddish-brown and lavender spots and dots 

 distributed more or less generally over the whole shell. They 

 measure -Q by -b. 



2. Japan, 30th May. Crowley Bequest. 



