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Thryothorus grenadensis, Lawr. 

 (Plate V. fig. 2.) 



Thryothorus grenadensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 228 (1881) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 46 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 81 

 (1903). 



The eggs of Ober's Rufous Wren are of a broad oval shape and 

 rather dull surface. They have a pinkish-white ground-colour, 

 thickly spotted and blotched with brownish chestnut, lilac-red, and 

 lavender. The markings are pretty evenly distributed over the 

 shell ; the two clutches are remarkably constant in. character. 

 Specimens measure from -7 to '73 in length, and from -55 to -59 

 in breadth. 



6. Grenada, W. Indies (J. G. Wells}. Crowley Bequest. 

 4. Grenada, 26th June (J. G. W.). Crowley Bequest. 



Thryothorus genibarbis, Swains. 



Thryothorus genibarbis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 233 (1881) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml p. 46 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 82 (1903). 

 Troglodytes genibarbis, von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 200 (1900). 



An egg of Swainson's Moustached Wren is of a slightly blunted 

 oval form, and of a pinkish-white colour, speckled with pale chestnut 

 and lilac, the markings being more dense round the broad end and 

 forming a zone. The specimen measures *79 by '57. 



1. Amazonia (Nehrkorn Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



Thryothorus rutilus, Vieill. 



Thryothorus rutilus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 238 (1881) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 47 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista. iv. 

 p. 200 (1900) ', Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 84 (1903). 



The eggs of the White-bellied Orange-breasted Wren in the 

 Collection are of a regular oval shape and very slightly glossy. 

 They are pinkish white, somewhat densely mottled all over with 

 brownish pink, lilac-red, and lavender, the spots thickening suffi- 

 ciently towards the larger end to form themselves into a zone or 

 crown. They measure respectively *75 by -55 and '76 by *54. 



1. Venezuela. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Venezuela (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus THRYOMANES, Sdater. 

 The eggs are very similar to those of Thryothorus. 



Thryomanes bewickii (And.). 



Thryothorus bewickii, var. bewickii, Baird, Brewer $ Ridgw. N. Amer. 

 Birds, i. p. 145 (1874). 



