7<; 



TKOGLODTTID^E. 



'1. [celand (Benzon).~\ 



7. Faroe [slands | //. C. Midler: Hargitt 

 Coll.). 



7. Faroe Islands (II. ('. M.). 



5. Faroe [slands (//. C. M.). 



6. Faroe [slanda ( //. (7. M.). 

 ■I. Faroe Islands (//. C. M.). 

 6. Faroe Islands ( //. C. J/.). 



3. Faroe Islands, 18th .Mav (//. C. M.). 



4. Faroe tslai ds,20th May (II. CM.). 

 4. Faroe [slands, 24th May (//. C. M.). 



4. Faroe [slands, 24th May (//. C. J/.). 

 6. Faroe Islands, 26th May {R. ('. M.). 



5. Faroe Islands, 28th May (II. C. M.). 

 3. Faroe Islands, 2nd June ( II. ( '. MX 

 5. Faroe Islands, 4th June ( II. ('. M.). 

 •1. Faroe Islands, 4th June (11. C M.). 



8. Faroe Islands, 4th June ( //. C. M.). 



3. Faroe Islands. 5th Juno ( //. ( '. M.). 

 2. Faroe [slands, 8th June ( //. ('. M.). 

 (!. Faroe Islands, 14th June ( //. ('. M.). 

 5. Faroe Islands (H. II'. Feilden). 



1. Faro ! Minds ( //. C. Miiller). 



4. Faroe Islands, 25th Mav (77. C. J/.). 



5. Faroe Islands (II. C. M.). 



Salvin-( fodman ( loll, 

 ihm Coll. 



Seehohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohin Coll. 

 S( ebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 ■■'Inn Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



hill Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Col. II. W. Feilden, C.B. 

 Crowley Beque 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley B |uest. 



Anorthura hiernalis (Vie ill.). 



Anorthura troglodytes, var. hyemalis, Cones, />'. N.-West, p. 33 (1874). 

 Anorthura troglodytes hyemalis, Coues, Birds Col. Fall. p. 176 (1878). 

 Troglodytes parvulus, car. hyemalis, Baird, Brewer §• JtUdgw. N. Amer. 



Birds, i. p. 155 (1874). ' 

 Anorthura hiernalis, Sharpe, Cat. Bird-' IS. M. vi. p. 275 (1881) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamrrd. p. 48 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 92 ( L903). 



The eggs of the Winter Wren in the Collection resemble, as stated 

 by Nehrkorn, those of Cistoihorus platensis, and are quite unlike 



our other eggs of the genus Anorthura. They are of a regular oval 

 form, thickly speckled on a pinkish-white ground with bright reddish 

 and dull purplish brown, chiefly towards the larger end. They are 

 from -66 to -7 by from "46 to -51. 



7. Victoria, Brit. Columbia. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Anorthura neglecta (Brooks). 



Troglodytes nipalensis, Hume, Nests & Eggs Ind. Birds, 1st ed. p. 218 



(1873). 

 Anorthura neglecta, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 278 (1881); Oates, 



Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 338 (1889); id. ed. Hume, Nests A- 



Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. ■_':.' I (1889); Osmaston, Journ. Bomb. .\ot. 



Hist. Soc. xi. p. 469 | L898) ; Wilson, t. c. xii. p. 635 ( 1899) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 48 < 1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 92 (.1903). 



The eggs of the Kashmir Wren resemble those of A. troglodytes, 

 and are of either an ordinary or broad short oval form. Sometimes 

 they are plain white ; but for the most part they are white, deli- 

 cately and very sparingly speckled with rufous and lilac. Four 



