MNIOTILTID 2%. 59 
Family MNIOTILTID. 
Genus MNIOTILTA, Vieill. 
Mniotilta varia (Linn.). 
Mniotilta varia, Cowes, Birds N.- West, p. 45 (1874); Baird, Brewer § 
Ridgw. N. Amer, Birds, i. p. 180 (1874); Salv. & Godm. Biol. 
Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 110 (1880) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. 
p- 251 (1885); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 88 (1899); Sharpe, 
Hand-l. v. p. 96 (1906). 
The eggs of the Black-and-White Creeping Warbler are of a 
regular oval shape and almost devoid of gloss, They are white, 
delicately speckled with lilac-red and lavender. In the specimens 
in the Collection the markings are very profuse round the broad 
end, where they form a well-defined zone. They measure from 
‘65 to °73 in length, and from °51 to 54 in breadth. 
4, Concord, Massachusetts (JZenshaw Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Coll.). 
2. Pennsylvania, lst June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
[P ]. 
Genus HELMINTHOTHERUS, Rafinesque. 
Helminthotherus vermivorus ((el.). 
(Plate IIT. fig. 1.) 
Helmitherus vermivorus, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 
p. 187 (1874). 
Helminthotherus vermivorus, Salvin § Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 
i. p. 112 (1880) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 280 (1885) ; Nehrk. 
Kat. Eiersammil, p. 87 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 97 (1906). 
A single egg of the Worm-eating Warbler in the Collection is of 
a wide oval form, slightly pointed towards one end, and somewhat 
glossy. The ground-colour is white very finely dotted with reddish- 
brown and lilac, the markings being most numerous round the 
larger end, where they form an irregular zone. It measures ‘63 
by °5. 
1. Pennsylvania, May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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