310 PARID.E. 



Genus PENTHERES, Cab. 



Pentheres afer (Gmel.). 



(Plate XIV. fig. 7.) 



Parus afer, Thien. Fortpjianz. yes. Voy. p. 14G, tab. xviii. fig. 1, a, b 

 (1845-54) ; Sharpe, ed. Bayard's Birds S. Africa, p. 329 (1875-84) ; 

 Gadow, Cat. Birds B. 31. viii. p. 39 (1883) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eienamml. 

 p. 66 (1899). 



Pentheres afer, Sharpe, Eand-l. iv. p. 332 (1903). 



The eggs of the South-African Titmouse in the Collection are of 

 a very broad oval shape and without gloss. They are white, often 

 densely speckled and spotted all over with pale rufous and under- 

 lying lilac. They measure "75 by *57. 



1. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



2. South Africa (E. L. L. : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



^ Coll). 

 2. Nels Poort, Cape Colony (T. At- Crowley Bequest. 

 more : Tristram Coll.). 



Genus CYANISTES, Kaup. 



Cyanistes caeruleus (Linn.). 



Paras camileus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes. Voy. p. 147, tab. xviii. fig. 3, «, 

 b, c (1845-54) ; Ilewitson, Eyys of Brit. Birds, i. p. 151, pi. xxxix. 

 fig. ii (1856) ; Dresser, Birds Bar. iii. p. 131 (1871); Gadow, Cat. 

 Birds B. 31. viii. p. 12 (1883) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds.i. p. 468, pi. 9 

 (1883) ; id. Eyys of Brit. Birds, p. 210, pi. 53. figs. 14, 15 (1896). 



Cyanistes caeruleus, Baedeker. Eier Eur. Voy. tab. 43. fig. 11 (1855-63) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 333 (1903). 



The eggs of the Blue Titmouse are of a broad pointed oval shape 

 and have little or no gloss. They are white, marked with light 

 chestnut-brown. In many specimens the markings consist entirely 

 of small specks and spots ; in others of specks, spots, and small 

 blotches. They are almost invariably more thickly disposed at 

 the broad end than elsewhere, and form an indistinct cap or zone. 

 They measure from -55 to - 7 in length, and from -41 to *5 in 

 breadth. 



5. England. Old Collection. 



4. Yorkshire {Harr/itt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



9. Norfolk, 11th May (F. Norgate). Seebohm Coll. 



12. Norfolk, 20th May (F. A.).' Seebohm Coll. 



7. Norfolk, 22ud Mav (F. A.). Seebolnu ("oil. 



11. Norfolk, 26th .Mav | F. A.). Seebohm Coll. 



7. Norfolk, 3rd June (F. N.). Seebohm Coll. 



7. Cambridgeshire. F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 



7. Haddenham, Cambridgeshire. Salvin-< iodman Coll. 

 21st May (O. S.). 



4. Cookham, Berkshire, April. Gould Coll. 



7. Epping Forest, 9th May. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



7. Cburt, Surrey. Crowley Bequest. 



9. Chart, May. Crowley Bequest. 



