PHYLLOSCOPUS SIBILATRIX. 847 



^ 1754. Two. — Newcastle-on-Tyne. From Mr. J. H. Tuke, 



1847. 



^ 1755. 7%re^.— Bearwood, Berkshire, 1850. From Mr. H. F. 



Walter. 



^ 1756. 7k;o.— Bearwood, 1852. 



\ 1757. Five.—[}^oiQ lost.] 



\ 1758. 0/2^.— Yorkshire. From Mr. Bond, 1856. 



[\ 1759. :7k;o.— Durham. From Mr. Proctor, 1851.] 

 [§ 1760. i^o^r.— Elveden, 14 June, 1852. 



From a nest of five which my brother Edward found, as he did those 

 entered below, by watching the birds.] 



[§ 1761. Tko.— Elveden, 9 June, 1854. 



From a nest of six.] 



[^ 1762. Two.— Elveden, 28 June, 1854. 



From a nest of five.] 



[§ 1763. T/^rd-e.— Elveden, 2 June, 1857. " E. N." 



My brother's notes state that the first egg was laid ^27th May. ^ On the 

 2nd June he found that the nest had been disturbed, apparently by a Mouse 

 (or perhaps a Weasel), and contained only three eggs, which^he took, the hen 

 bird being close by. He had known this pair of Wood-Wrens for four or five 

 years, and their range in the covert they inhabited was very limited, while 

 their nest was always at one or the other end of their beat. The cock seldom 

 went near the nest after the first e^^^ were laid.] 



