IGO 



PICID^. EURYL^MID^. 



Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 173, pi. 48. fig. 10 (1896) ; Sharpe, lland-l. 

 ii. p. 236(1900). 

 Yunx torquiUa, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit, Birds, i. p. 242, pi. Ixii. fig. i 

 (1856). 



The eggs of the Wryneck are of a blunt oval form, and mode- 

 rately glossy. They measure from '75 to "93 in length, and from 

 •56 to '67 in breadth. 



6. 



England. 



Cambridgeshire. 



Taunton, Somersetshire, June. 



Devon {Tristram Coll.). 



Ilampstead, Middlesex. 



Hampstead. 



Heudon, Middlesex. 



Churt, Surrey, May. 



Churt, June. 



Churt, June. 



Elbeuf, France {Noury : Hargitt 

 Coll.). 



St. Aubin, Elbeuf {Noury : Har- 

 gitt Coll.). 



Prussia, 22nd May. 



Politz, Pomerania {T. Holland). 



Stolp, Pomerania, 7th June ( T. H.). 



Stolp, 21st June ( T, //.). 



Esthonia, 24th May {Russoiv). 



Esthonia, 30th May {Russoio). 



Gould Coll. 

 F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm CoU. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Order EUR YL^M IFO RMES. 

 Family EURYL^MID^. 



The eggs of the Broadbills are normally of a narrow oval form, 

 and exhibit a moderate amount of gloss. Some of the species lay 

 eggs of two or more distinct types of coloration. 



Sub-Family CALYPTOMENINiE. 

 Genus CALYPTOMENA, Baffles. 



Caljrptomena viridis, Raffles. 



Calyptomena viridis, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 456 (18S8) ; Oates ed. 

 Hume, Nests ^ Eqgs hid. Birds, ii. p. 288 (1890) ; Blanf. Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 12 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 1 (1901). 



The eggs of the Green Broadbill are of a plain light yellow 

 colour. They measure from 1-05 to 1'21 in length, and from '74 

 to -82 in breadth. 



