INTRODUCTION. 



THE fourth volume of the Catalogue of Eggs corresponds with the 

 fourth volume of Dr. Bowdler Sharpe's ' Hand-list of Birds/ 



The total number of species is 620, and the number of eggs 

 catalogued 14,917, as shown in the following table : 



No. of specimens 

 Family. No. of species. of eggs. 



Timeliidas 166 1873 



Troglodytidge 37 481 



Cinclida? 8 105 



Mimidee 21 306 



Turdida3 73 3795 



Sylviidffl 149 5173 



Vireonid 12 93 



Ampelidaa 2 56 



Artamidse 9 129 



Vangidge 2 11 



Prionopidae 17 144 



Laniidee 65 1466 



Paridse 37 702 



ChamseidaB 1 3 



Regulida? 5 250 



Sittidge 11 232 



Certhiidse 5 98 



Total 620 14,917 



I am indebted to Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant for much kind 

 assistance in cataloguing and arranging the specimens in the 

 present volume. 



SAYILE G. REID. 



February 20, 1905. 



