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Italy. 



Parnassus, Greece, 12th May (H. 



Seebohm Sf T. Krtiper). 

 Parnassus, 19th May (II. S. Sf T. K). 

 Parnassus, 21st May (If. S. Sf T. K). 

 Parnassus, 21st May (II. S. | T. K.). 

 Parnassus, 21st May (II. S. $ T. K.). 

 Delphi, Greece, 2nd May (H. S. Sf 



T. K.). 

 Delphi, 3rd May (H. S. Sf T. K.). 

 Delphi, 20th May (II. S. S,- T. K.). 

 Smyrna (T. Kriiper). 

 Smyrna, 4th May (T. K). 

 Smyrna, 8th May (T. K.). 

 Smyrna, 12th May (T. K.). 

 Smyrna, 13th May (T. K.). 

 Smyrna, 26th May (T. K.). 

 Smyrna, 30th May (T. K.). 

 l'alestiue,6th June (if. i>. Tristram). 

 Birket es Dan, Palestine, 10th Mav 



(II. B. T.). 

 Kat'rldiz, Gilead,6thMay (H. B. T.). 

 Mount Hermon, 4th June (H. B. 7'.). 

 Mount Hermon, 6th June (if. B. T. ). 

 Cnemora, A'geria, 2nd June (O. 



Salvin). 

 Ain Djendeli, Algeria, loth May 



(O. 8.). 

 Ain Djendeli, 18th May (O. S.). 

 Ain Djendeli, 20th May (0. S.). 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Canon Tristram [C.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvm-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sylvia curruca (Linn.). 



Sylvia curruca, Thien. Fortpjlanz. </es. Vog. p. 181, tab. xx. fig. 11, a-d 

 (1845-54); Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 51. fig. 8 (1855-63)- 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 132, pi. xxxv. fig. iv (1856) 

 Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 84 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 383 (1876) 

 Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 16 (1881) ; id. Brit. Birds, i. p. 410 

 pi. 10 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 203, pi. 52. fig. 20 (1896) 

 Sharpe, Rand-l. iv. p. 21*0 (1903). 



The eggs of the Lesser Whitethroat are of a pointed oval form. 

 The amount of gloss on the shell is very variable, some specimens 

 being highly glossed and others wanting it. They are of a white or 

 greyish-white colour, blotched and spotted, chiefly at the large end, 

 where the markings generally form a zone or a cap, with olive or 

 greenish-brown, umber-brown, and underlying lavender. Many 

 specimens are marked in addition with some spots and lines of very 

 deep brown or black. They measure from *63 to - 75 in length, and 

 from "49 to -55 in breadth. 



6. England. 



6. Sheffield (H. Seebohm). 



5. Cambridgeshire. 



5. Cambridge, 23rd May. 



5. Taplow, Berkshire. 



Old Collection. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



