'J2> SYLVUD.K. 



The eggs of the Large Crowned Willow-Warbler vary from a 

 pointed to a blunt oval form. They are moderately glossy and plain 

 wbite. Four examples measure respectively : '65 by *5 ; "63 by *49 ; 

 •63 by -46 ; -62 by -48. 



1. Kashmir, 21st May (C. R. Cock). Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 3rd June [C. R. C). Hume Coll. 



2. Kashmir, 4th June (C. R. C). Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 31st May (C.R.C.: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Acanthopneuste davisoni, Oates. 



Phylloscopus viridipennis, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 53 (1881). 

 Acanthopneuste davisoni, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 420 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nest* <§• Eggs Ltd. Birds, i. p. 269 (1889) ; Oates, Ibis, 



1894, p. 482 ; Sharpr, Hand-l. iv. p. 218 (1903). 



The eggs of the Burmese White-tailed Willow- Warbler are of a 

 rather broad oval form, moderately glossy, and plain white. Four 

 specimens measure respectively : - 58 by *49 ; *58 by '48 ; '57 by 48 ; 

 •6 by -46. 



1. Byingyi Mountain, Upper Burma, Oates Coll. 



March (E. W. Oates). 



3. Mooleyit Mountain, Tenasserim, Hume Coll. 



2nd Feb. ( W. Davison). 



Genus CHTH0NIC0LA, Gould. 



Chthonicola sagittata (Lath.). 



Chthonicola sagittata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 390 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 290 (1883) ; North, Nests & Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 149 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 56 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 28, pi. 10 (1901) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 219 (1903). 



The eggs of the Little Field- Wren are of a very broad oval form 

 and possess a considerable amount of gloss. They are of a chocolate- 

 red colour, with the broad end somewhat darker than the other 

 parts. They measure from '7 to *8 in length, and from '57 to *6 in 

 breadth. 



2. Dobroyde, N.S.W. (E. P. Ramsay : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Ashfield, N.S.W. (E. P. R. : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



3. New South Wales (E. P. R.). Gould Coll. 

 3. New South Wales (G. Bennett). Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F.A.Philbrick,Esq.,K.C.[P.]. 



3. Oakleigh, Victoria, 21st Sept. {A. J. Crowley Bequest. 



North). 

 1. Australia. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



