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The single cg^ of the lled-billed Crow-Tit in the Collection is 

 of a blunt oval form and but slightly glossy. The ground is 

 creamy-white, and is spotted, blotched and smudged, but not 

 thickly, with pale j'ellowish brown. Intermingled with these 

 markings are some underlying spots of deep lavender. It 

 measures l-ll by -8. 



1. Siklum, 10,000 feet, May (L. Man- Hume Coll. 

 dttli). 



Genus PANURUS, Koch. 

 Panurus biarmicus (Linn.). 



Parus biarmicus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes. Voj. p. 154, tab. xviii. 



iig. 12, a, b (1845-54). 

 Calamophilos biarmicus, Baedeker, Eier Ear. Voy. tab. 43. fig. 18 



(1855-63). 

 Calamophilus biarmicus, Hewitson, Eyys of Brit. Birds, i. p. 161, pi. xl. 



h'g. iii (1856) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 49 (1871). 

 Panurus biarinicus, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 77 (1883) ; Seebohm, 



Brit. Birds, i. p. 492, pi. 12 (1883) ; id., Eyys of Brit. Birds, p. 214, 



pi. 53. fig. 20 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 68 (1903). 



The eggs of the Bearded Titmouse are of a very broad oval shape, 

 and some specimens approach the spheroidal. They have a con- 

 siderable amount of gloss, and are white, very evenly ad somewhat 

 sparingly marked all over with short wavy lines, spots and streaks 

 of dark brown. The eggs of this species appear to be remarkably 

 uniform in coloration. They measure from -6 to -75 in length, and 

 from '53 to '59 in breadth. 



3. Laid in confinement, 3rd July. tSeebohm Coll. 

 5. Hickling Broad, Norfolk, 24th Seebohm Coll. 



April (F. Noryate). 

 5. Hickling Broad, 10th June (F. N.}. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Hickling Broad, 12th June (F. N.). Seebohm Coll. 



11. Hicklinu Broad. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. Horsey, Norfolk. It, W. Chase, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Hornsea, Norfolk. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 4. Valkenswaard, Holland (J. Baker}. Seebohm Coll. 



Genus SUTHORA, Hodgs. 



Suthora webbiana, Gray. 



(Plate I. fig. 14.) 



Suthora webbiana, David Sf Oustalet, Ois. Chine, p. 208 (1877) ; Sharpe 

 Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 490 (1883) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 189 ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 61 (1899): Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 70 

 (1903). 



The eggs of the Chinese Suthora are of a regular oval form and 

 are fairly glossy. In colour they are spotless blue, but this blue 



