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2. Cape St. Lucas, June (/. X. : Hen- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



shaw Coll.). 



2. Cape St. Lucas (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



2. Cape St. Lucas (J. X. : Smiths. Insl.}. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus THRYOPHILUS, Baird. 



Thryophilus longirostris (VieilL). 



Thryophilus longirostris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 206 (1881) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 45 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. 

 Paulista, iv. p. 199 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 77 (1903). 







The eggs of the Long-billed Wren in the Collection are of a 

 somewhat narrow oval shape and devoid of all gloss. They are of a 

 creamy-white colour, somewhat thickly speckled with pale reddish 

 brown and lavender, especially at the broad end, where the markings 

 form a very well-marked zone. Two examples measure respectively : 

 88 by -6 ; -82 by -6. 



2. Iguape, Brazil, 12th Nov. . Crowley Bequest. 



Thryophilus modestus (Cab.). 



Thryophilus modestus, Salv. fy Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 83 

 (1880) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 209 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 46 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 78 (1903). 



The eggs of the Central- American Wren in the Collection are of a 

 narrow oval form, devoid of gloss, and plain white. They measure 

 respectively : -84 by -57 ; '83 by -56. 



2. Costa Rica, 16th May (C. F. Under- Crowley Bequest. 

 wood). 



Thryophilus nigricapillus (Sd.). 

 (Plate V. fig. 4.) 



Salv. 8f Godm. 

 Birds B. M. 

 vi. p. 217 (1881) ; 'id. Hand-l. iv. p. 80 (1903). 



Eggs of the Black-capped Wren in the Collection are of an abnor- 

 mally lengthened oval shape, devoid of gloss, and of a creamy- white 

 colour, sparingly spotted with black and lavender, the spots being 

 irregularly distributed over the whole surface. They measure 1*01 

 by -60 and 1-01 by -62. 



2. Nanegal, Ecuador (L. Fraser). Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



