220 



SYLVIin.TJ. 



6. 



7. 

 4. 

 5. 

 4. 

 4. 

 3. 

 6. 

 6. 

 12. 



Cookham, Berkshire. 



Finchley, .Middlesex ( 0. Salvin). 



Bishop's Wood, Finchley (O. S.). 



Bishop's Wood, 30th May (O. 8.). 



Caen Wood, Finchley (0. <S'.). 



Colney Hatch (0. £.). 



Park Hatch, Surrey (F. D. Godmari). 



Churt, Surrey. 



('hurt. 



New Forest, Hampshire (C. B. 



Wharton: Hargitt Coll.). 

 Vosges .Mts., France (Mougel: Har- 

 gitt Coll.). 

 Vosges Mta. (Mougel: Hargitt Coll.). 

 Elbeuf, France (Noury: Hargitt Coll.). 

 Elbeuf, 2nd May (Noury: Hart/it t 



Coll.). 

 Pomerania, 1st June (T. Holland). 

 Pomerania, 6th June ( T. H.). 

 Pomerania, 6th June ( T. II.). 

 Reval, Baltic Pro vs., June (Russoio). 



Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-( rodman < loll. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Salvin-I rodman * !olL 

 Sal\ in-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-< rodman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seehohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seehohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seehohm Coll. 

 Seehohm Coll. 



Phylloscopus trochilus (Linn.). 



Sylvia trochilus, Tliien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vbg. p. 103, tab. xix. fig. 0, a-c 

 (1845 54); Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 137, pi. xxxvi. 

 figs, i, ii (1856). 



Phyllopneuste trochilus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vbg. tab. 19. fig. ! 

 " (1855-63). 



Phylloscopus trochilus, Seebohm 8f Harvie-Broum, Ibis, 187*5, p. 215; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 49] (1879); Seebohm, Cat. Birds II. M. 

 v. p. 56 (1881); id. Brit. Birds, i. p. -130. pi. 10 (1883) ; id. Eggs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 1*0(3, pi. 53. tigs. 5, 6 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. 

 p. 213 (1903). 



The eggs of the Willow- Wren vary in shape from the oval to the 

 spheroidal, and they have a moderate amount of gloss. The ground 

 is white or creamy white, occasionally tinged with very pale pink. 

 The markings are of two types. In one, they consist of very small 

 specks of pale reddish brown, profusely sprinkled over the whole 

 shell ; in 1 he other, they consist of distinct spots and small blotches 

 of pale reddish brown, sparingly set over the shell, except at the 

 broad end, where they are more frequent and often form an irregular 

 zone. Some specimens are very sparingly sprinkled with a few dots 

 only. The majority of the eggs of this species have no underlying 

 markings ; in a few there are some obsolete dots of pale lavender. 

 Numerous examples measure from '55 to -7;} in length, and from 

 •45 to '5 in breadth. 



6. Inverness. Seebohm Coll. 



8. Inverness. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Near Inverness (Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Near Inverness, 25th May (Hargitt Seebohm ('nil. 



Coll.). 



6. Near Inverness, 29th May (Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). 



