CINCLID2E. 79 



Family CINCLID^l. 



Genus CINCLUS, Bechst. 



The eggs of the Dippers are of a sharply-pointed oval form and 

 possess a considerable amount of gloss. They are all invariably 

 plain white, and the eggs of the different species cannot be separated 

 by any character. 



Cinclus aquatic us, Bechst. 



Cinclus aquaticus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxvii. fi^s. 4, a, b 

 (1846-64); Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 35. fig. 13 (1855); 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 77, pi. xxii. (1856); Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. ii. p. 167 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 307 

 (1881) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, I p. 253, pi. 11 (1883) ; id. Eggs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 183, pi. 51. fig. 8 (1896) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml 

 p. 48 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 100 (1903). 



The eggs of the Common White-throated Dipper measure from 

 92 to *98 in length, and from '7 to '77 in breadth. 



6. Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire Seebohm Coll. 

 (A. Lawkr: Hargitt Coll.}. 



3. Near Edinburgh (.K. Small : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 5. England. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Northumberland ( W. Proctor). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Northumberland (R. Greenwell). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Cumberland (Hey sham}. Gould Coll. 



5. Cumberland (Heysham). Gould Coll. 

 9. Cumberland (F. Nicholson : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



3. Keswick, Cumberland (J. Law). Crowley Bequest. 



6. Alston Moor, Cumberland, 1st June. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Yorkshire. Lord Walsingham [P.]. 



5. Ashopton, Derbyshire, 29th April Seebohm Coll. 



(H. Seebohm). 

 5. Ashopton, 1st May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. Vosges Mountains, France (Mouyel: Seebohm Coll. 

 Hargitt Coll). 



5. Altenkirchen, Prussia, 13th May Seebohm Coll. 



(C. Sachse). 



Cinclus albicollis (VieiU.). 



Cinclus albicollis, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 181 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. vi. p. 310 (1881) ; id. Hand-l. iv. p. 100 (1903). 



The two eggs of the Pale-backed White-throated Dipper in the 

 Collection measure respectively : 1*01 by -72 ; 1-06 by -71. 



2. Parnassus, Greece, llth May Seebohm Coll. 



(H. Seebohm). 



