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cap at the broad end, in others an ill-defined zone. They measure 

 from '73 to *8 in length, and from *53 to '6 in breadth. 



4. Cambridgeshire, 1854 (H. Howard). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Holland, 20th May. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Holland. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 3. Holland, 2nd June. Gould Coll. 



1. Holland (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 3. Germany, June. Crowley Bequest. 

 5. Hungary, 6th June. Crowley Bequest. 



2. South Spain (L. H. Irby). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Zana, Algeria, June (O. Salmri). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 2. Zana (O. S. : Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Zana, llth June (H. B. Tristram). Crowley Bequest. 



Locustella naevia (Bodd.). 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 21.) 



Sylvia locustella, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 200, tab. xxi. fig. 8, a-c 



(1845-54). 

 Locustella naevia, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 19. fig. 21 (1855-63) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 611 (1874) : Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 186 



(1903). 

 Salicaria locustella. Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 112, pi. xxxi. 



fig. i (1856). 

 Locustella locustella, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 115 (1881) ; id. 



Brit. Birds, i. p. 340, pi. 10 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 194, 



pi. 52. fig. 1 (1896). 



The eggs of the Grasshopper- Warbler are of a broad pointed oval 

 form and very glossy. The ground-colour is white or pinkish white, 

 very thickly speckled with minute dots of rufous or chestnut- 

 brown. The markings sometimes form a very broad and dense 

 zone round the larger end and sometimes an ill-defined cap, but, as 

 a rule, they are evenly spread over the entire shell. In a few 

 specimens the markings are comparatively large and blotchy. 

 When carefully examined, most of the specimens will be found to 

 be sprinkled with pale underlying grey, and a few ex.imples have 

 some dark hair-lines at the broad end. The eggs measure from *65 

 to '75 in length, and from '5 to *55 in breadth. 



6. Co. Waterford, 31st May (R. J. Seebohm Coll. 



Ussher). 



5. Co. Waterford, 1st June (R. J. U.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Newcastle, 10th May (R. Greenwell). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Newcastle, 20th May (R. G.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Newcastle, 17th May (Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Northumberland, 14th May. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Castle Eden, Durham, 30th May Crowley Bequest. 



(Tristram Coll.). 



7. Blaydon-on-Tyne, Durham, 28th Seebohm Coll. 



June (Hargitt Coll.). 



4. Feltwell, Norfolk. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



