226 STLVIIDiB, 



Reguloides superciliosus (Gmel.). 



Phylloscopus superciliosus, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 460 (1874) ; Seebohm, 



Ibis, 1879, p. 12; ii. Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 68 (1881) ; id. Brit. 



Birds, i. p. 411. pi. 10 (1883 ) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 208, pi. 53. 



fig. 9 (1896) ; Popham, Ibis, L898, p. 496. 

 Phyllopneuste supereiliosa, Tacz. Faune Orn. Sibe'r. Orient, p. 264 



(1891). 

 Reguloides superciliosus, Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 216 (190'1). 



The eggs of the Yellow-browed, or Crowned Willow- Warbler in 

 the Collection are inseparable from many of the eggs of 11. humei, 

 being white, speckled and spotted, more so at the large end than 

 elsewhere, with reddish brown and some obsolete underlying 

 lavender. Five examples measure from '56 to *6 in length, and 

 •45 in breadth. 



5. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 66|° N., 25th Seebohm Coll. 

 June (H. Seebohm). 



Reguloides humei (Brooks). 

 (Plate X. figs. 5 & 6.) 



Phylloscopus humii, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 67 (1881); Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ltd., Birds, i. p. 410 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests fy 

 Eggs Intl. Birds, i. p. 262 (18«9) ; Wilson, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. xii. p. 636 (1899). 



Reguloides humei, Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 216 (1903). 



The eggs of Hume's Willow-Warbler vary from a pointed to a 

 blunt oval shape and possess little gloss. They are white, marked 

 with specks and spots of reddish brown and very pale underlying 

 lavender. On some specimens the markings are very fine, on others 

 rather coarse and blotchy, but in either case they are most dense 

 over the broader half of the egg, where they form an ill-defined 

 cap. Examples measure from -52 to *6 in length, and from -42 to 

 •45 in breadth. 



5. Kashmir ( W. E. Brooks). Hume Coll. 



3. Kashmir, 1st June ( W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Kashmir, 2nd June ( W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 

 8. Kashmir, 3rd June ( W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Kashmir, 4ih June ( W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 6th June ( W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



3. Kashmir, Mist May ( W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Kashmir (W. E. ii.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Kashmir, June ( U'.E. B.: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 2. Kashmir, 2nd June ( W. E. B. : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



