-22 sylviidj:. 



Phylloscopus bonellii ( Fieill.). 



Sylvia bonellii, Thien. Fortpfianz. ges. Vog. p. 1 66, tab. xix. fig. 12, a-c 



(18Jo 54) : Bree, Birds Eur. ii. p. 45, pi. (1867) . 

 Phyllopneuste b inelli, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 19. fig. 6 (1855-63) ; 



Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 213. 

 Phylloscopus bonellii, Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 418; Bree, Hints Eur. 



2nd ed. ii. p. 154, pi. (1875); Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 503 



(1876); Seebohm, Car. Birds B.M. v. p. 59 (1881) ; Irby, Orn. Sir. 



Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 63 (1895) ; Sharpe, Band-l. iv. p. 213 ( L903). 



The eggs of Bonelli's Willow-Warbler are similar to those of 

 P. sibilator, and require no separate description. They measure 

 from *55 to "65 in length, and from -45 to "5 in breadth. 



1. South Europe. Old Collection. 



4. Madrid (//. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Gibraltar (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Gibraltar, 26th May. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Gibraltar, May (L' II. Irby). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Savoy. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Athens, 10th May (T. Kruper). Sei bohm Coll. 



5. Parnassus (T. K). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Lake Halloula, Algeria, 10th May Crowley Beque t. 



(//. B. Tristram). 

 1. Lake Halloula, 2nd June (II. B. 7".). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Ain Djendeli, Algeria, 20tb May Crowley Bequest. 



(II. H. '/'.). 



2. Algiers, 4th June (II. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



Phylloscopus minor (Forst.). 



Sylvia rufa, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 164, tab. xix. fig. 10, a-r 



(1845 54); Hetoitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 139, pi. xxxvi. fig. iv 



(1856). 

 rhyllopnouste rufa, Baedeker, Eier Ear. Vog. tab. 19. fig. 9 (1855-G3). 

 Phyllopneuste sylvestris, Baedeker, f. c. tab. 19. tiur. 8. 

 Phylloscopus coUybita, Dresser, Hints Eur. ii. p. 485 ( L879). 

 Phylloscopus rufus, Seebohm, Cat. Hints Ii. M. v. p. 00 (issl) ; id. Brit. 



Birds, i. p. 135, pi. 10 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Hints, p. 207, pi. 53. 



figs. 7 & 8 ( 1896). 

 Phylloscopus minor, Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 213 (1903). 



The eggs of the Chiffchaff are usually of a regular oval form, but 

 some are spheroidal. They possess a considerable amount of gloss. 

 The ground-colour is white, and the markings consist of tine dots, 

 small spots, and less frequently of small blotches. Many specimens 

 are marked entirely with tine specks of deep purplish brown, 

 almost black in its intensity; others with spots of reddish 

 brown, which are large and more numerous at the broad end, 

 where they often form an irregular zone. Eggs of both types 

 exhibit specks and spots of underlying lilac or violet-grey, which, 

 however, are generally very inconspicuous. Although some of the 

 e^s of the Chiffchaff are not separable from some of those of the 

 Willow-Wren, the eggs of the former species may generally be 

 recognized by the deeper colour of the markings, which are also 



