70 TKOGLODYTIDiB. 



Thryothorus bewickii, Dresser, Ibis, 18G5, p. 464; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 



11. M. vi. p. 225 (1881); Nehrk, Kat. Eiersamml. p. 146 (1899). 

 Thryomanes bewickii, Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 84 (1903). 



The eggs of Bewick's Wren are of a broad oval form, somewhat 

 wanting in gloss. They are white, speckled with chestnut, lilac-red, 

 and lavender, the markings being more dense at the broad end than 

 elsewhere, sometimes forming a distinct zone or cap at that part. 

 Specimens measure from - (io to *75 in length, and from '5 to - 53 

 in breadth. 



4. W.Texas (D. G.Elliot: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



2. San Antonio, Texas (H. E. Dresser). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Brownsville, Texas, April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



PP.]. 



1. Missouri, 1st June. W Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Thryomanes spilurus ( Vigors). 



Thryothorus bewickii, var. spilurus, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. 



Birds, i. p. 147 (1874). 

 Thryothorus spilurus, Sharpe, Cat. Hint* />'. M. vi. p. 225 (1881); 



Nekrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 46 (1899). 

 Thryomanes spilurus, Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 84 (1903). 



The three eggs of Vigors's Wren in the Collection are of a regular 

 oval form and moderately glossy. They arc white, very delicately 

 speckled (in two out of the three in the shape of a zone round the 

 broad' end) with brownish pink, lilac-red, and lavender. They 

 measure respectively : "63 by *5 ; - 61 by 5 ; and - 05 by '5. 



2. California {R. Ridgway : Tristram Crowlev Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 1. Los Angeles, California, 20th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus CIST0TH0RUS. Cab. 

 Cistothorus palustris (Wilson). 



Telmatodytes palustris, Coues, Birds N. -West, p. 34 (1874). 



Cistothorus palustris, /laird, Brewer \ Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 161 



(1874); Sato. $ Godm. Biol. Centr.-A-m . I , i. p. 104(1880); 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 241 (1881); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 47 ( L899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i\ . p. 86 (1903). 



The eggs of the Eastern Long-billed Marsh- Wren vary in 

 shape from a regular to a broad oval and are fairly glossy. The 

 ground-colour, where visible, is ashy grey, and this is very densely 

 mottled or streaked with chocolate-brown, some specimens pre- 

 senting the appearance of being almost uniformly of this colour. 

 In a few cases there is a distinct crown or cap at one end, of a still 

 darker tint. They measure from -57 to -67 in length, and from -49 

 to -51 in breadth. 



