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Genus LOPHOPHANES, Kaup. 



Lophophanes cristatus (Linn.). 



Parus cristatus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Voff. p. 152, tab. xviii. fi^. 10, a~c 

 (1845-51) ; Heuntson, Er/gs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 154, pi. xxxix. 

 fig. iii (1856) ; Gadow, Cut. Birds B. M. viii. p. 27 (1883) ; Seebohm, 

 Brit. Birds, i. p. 481, pi. 9 (1883) ; id. Eqijs of Brit. Birds, p. 213, 

 pi. 53. tig. 18 (1896) ; Irbii, Orn. Str. Gihr. 2nd ed. p. 73 (1895). 



Lophophanes cristatus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. To'i. tab. 43. fij;'. 17 

 (1855-63) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 151 (1871) ; Sharpe, Iland-l. 

 iv. p. 323 (1903). 



The eggs of the Crested Titmouse are of a broad pointed oval 

 shape, and in some cases slightly glossy. They are white, usually 

 marked in a bold manner with rich chestnut. In the majority of 

 specimens the markings are chiefly on the larger end of the egg, 

 where they coalesce and form a well-defined cap or broad zone. 

 In others the markings are small and distinct, and although more 

 dense at the broad end than elsewhere, they do not form a notice- 

 able cap. Many of the more richly-marked examples are blotched 

 with pale purplish red, underlying the chestnut. They measure from 

 •6 to -7 in length, and from -46 to -57 in breadth. 



Ross-shire (/. Hancock ■■ Tristram 



Coll.). 

 Speyside, Morayshire. 

 Speyside, 16th May. 

 Valkenswaard, Holland, 23rd May. 

 Vosges Mts., France (Moiyel: Har- 



giti Coll.). 

 Gibraltar(L. If. 1»%). 

 Sweden (H. W. Wheelwright). 

 Sweden (H. W. W.). 

 Sweden, Ist May [H. W. W.) 

 Carlstad, Sweden (H. W. W. : 



Tristram Coll.). 

 Gardsjo, Sweden, 25th April 



(H. W. W.). 

 Gardsjo [H. W. W.). 

 VVermland, Sweden, April (^. W. W.). 

 Wermland, 20th April (Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 Pomerania, 3rd May (T. Holland). 

 Pomerania, 5th May (T. H.). 

 Pomerania; 6th May (T. H). 

 Reval, Baltic Provs., 28th April 



(Enssow). 

 Saxony. 



Cilli, Styria (E. Seidensacher). 

 Gilli (E. S.). 

 Cilli {E. S.). 



Crowley Bequest. 



J. J. Dalgleish, Esq. [C.]. 

 A. H. Evans, Esq. [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coil. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Cowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godnian Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



