CTICULUS. 109 



1. With 4 eggs of foster-parents, Sussex, 30th May Seebohm Coll. 



(Swaysland). . 



1. With nest and 5 eggs of foster-parents, England. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. With 3 Valkenswaard, Crowley Bequest. 



Holland, 1st July. 



Of the common type. 



AcrocepTialus streperus. 



1. With 1 egg of foster-parents, England. Crowley Bequest. 



1. With 1 L Fullerton, Hants, 14th W. H. Turle, Esq. 



June. [P.]. 



1. With 4 Avington, Hants (G. Seebohm Coll. 



E. Shelley}. 



2. With 1 Eastbourne, Sussex, Seebohm Coll. 



4th June (H.Saunders). 



1. With 1 Pomerania, 2oth May Seebohm Coll. 



(T.Holland). 



1. With 2 Pomerania, 8th June Seebohm Coll. 



(T. II.}. 



2. With 2 Anhalt, Germany, 2nd Seebohm Coll. 



June (Dr. Hey}. 

 1. With nest and 1 egg of foster-parents, England Crowley Bequest. 



(Tristram Coll.}. 



1. With 2 Staines, Middlesex. Crowley Bequest. 



1. With ,,5 Staines. Crowley Bequest. 



Eggs placed in the nests of the Heed- Warbler are of a varied 

 nature. Nine examples are more or less forms of the common 

 type ; two, placed in one nest, are white, spotted with lavender 

 and speckled with dark brown ; and one is of a greyish-pink colour, 

 marked with lilac and rich purplish-red. 



Acrocephalus palustris. 

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Of the common type. 



1. With 3 eggs of foster-parents, Halle-on-Saale, Purchased. 



4th June. 



Locustella ncevia. 



1. With nest and 4 eggs of foster-parents, Brighton. Crowley Bequest. 

 Of the common type. 



Lanius collurio. 



1. With 5 eggs of foster-parents, Churt, June. Crowley Bequest. 



1. With 3 Halle-on-Saale, Purchased. 



21st May. 



Of the common type, and very different from the fosterers' eggs. 



Lanius pomeranus. 



1. With 3 eggs of foster-parents, South Spain, Crowley Bequest. 



10th May. 



Of the common type ; greenish white, mottled with brown and 

 lavender. 



