302 PAiun.K. 



ed. iii. p. 77, pi. (1875) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 51 

 (1883). 

 Pceeile borealis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 319 (1903). 



The eg<*s of the Northern Marsh-Titmouse do not differ from those 

 of P. palustris in any respect. 



9. Sweden, 8th May (H. W. Gould Coll. 

 Wheelwright). 



3. Sweden, 16th May. SeebohmColl. 



4. Jura Alps, 3rd May ( W. Schliiter). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Savoy, 25th April ( W. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



Pceeile lugubris {Temm.). 



Parus lugubris, Thien. Fortpjlanz, ges. Vog. p. 148, tab. xviii. fig. 4, a, b 

 (1845-54) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 121 (1872): Bree, Birds Eur. 

 2nd ed. iii. p. 58, pi. (1875); Danford, Ibis, 1878, p. 9; Gadoio, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 47 (1883) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 67 

 (1889). 



Poeeila lugubris, Baedeker, Bier Eur. Vog. lab. 43. fig. 14 (1855-63). 



Pceeile lugubris, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 319 (1903). 



The eggs of the Sombre Titmouse are of a blunt oval form and 

 possess a very slight amount of gloss. They are white, rather 

 sparingly speckled with chestnut and pale pink. The markings on 

 some examples tend to form an irregular zone round the broader 

 end ; in others they are evenly spread over the entire egg. Four 

 specimens measure respeetivel) : '6(5 by "53 ; '67 by *54 ; '7 by '52 ; 

 • 69 by -54. 



4. Asia Minor, 23rd April (C. G. SeebohmColl. 



Danford). 

 1. Smyrna, 12th May (T. Krwper). Seebohm Coll. 



Pceeile cincta (Bodd.). 



Parus cinctus, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 125 (1871) : Gadow, Cat. Birds, 



B.M. viii. ]). 35 (1883). 

 Parus sibiricus, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 62, pi. (1875). 

 Pceeile cincta, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 320 (1903). 



The eggs of the Lapp Titmouse are of an excessively broad 

 oval form, some specimens approaching the spheroidal. They are 

 white, devoid of gloss, and sparingly speckled and spotted with 

 pale chestnut. In most examples the markings are very evenly 

 distributed over the shell ; in a few they are somewhat more dense 

 at the larger end, but seldom conspicuously so. In the eggs of this 

 species the spots are remarkably well-defined and distinct, and 

 rarely coalesce. Examples measure from *62 to *75 in length, 

 and from *5 to *54 in breadth. 



2. Swedish Lapland (J. JVolteg: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 8. Lapland (Meves). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Lapland (J. Wolley : Tristram Gould Coll. 



Coll.). 



