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of blotches and clouds of pale brown and lavender-grey. Both, 

 kinds are generally concentrated on the broader half of the egg, 

 forming themselves into a rough zone. In shape the eggs do not 

 vary much, being of a pointed oval form ; they are dull in texture ; 

 they measure from '80 to *89 in length, and from "60 to -65 in 

 breadth. x 



2. Germany. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 1. Germany (Tristram Coll.). Orowley Bequest. 



5. Germany (Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Berlin. Seebohrn Coll. 



5. Berlin, 5th June (T. Holland). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Cilli, Styria, 26th June (E. Sei- Crowley Bequest. 

 densacher : Tristram Coll.}. 



3. Cilli, 26th June (E. S. : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



4. Kiev, Russia, 28th May. Seebohm Coll. 

 4. Kiev, 30th May. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Turkey (Robson). Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 



5. Lebanon, 20th May (J. JI. Cock- Seebohm Coll. 



rane) . 

 5. Altai Mountains (Tancrti). Crowley Bequest. 



Sylvia sylvia (Linn.}. 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 11.) 



Sylvia cinerea, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 179, tab. xx. fig. 6, a-t 

 (1845-54); Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 51. fig. 9 (1855-63); 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 130, pi. xxxv. figs, i & ii 

 (1856); Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 84; Sounders, Ibis, 1871, p. 212; 

 Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 8 (1881) ; id. Brit. Birds, i. p. 405, 

 pi. 10 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 202, pi. 52. fig. 16 (1896). 



Sylvia rufa, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 377 (1876). 



Sylvia sylvia, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 209 (1903). 



Eggs of the Common Whitethroat in the large series in the 

 Collection vary from a pointed to a blunt oval shape and are slightly 

 glossy. The ground-colour ranges from pale buff to pale grey 

 and from greenish-white to pale green. The markings consist of 

 specks, spots, and blotches of various shades of grey, olive-brown, 

 olive-green, umber- brown, and underlying lavender, and whereas in 

 many examples these are evenly distributed over the whole shell, 

 in others they are chiefly confined to the broader half of the egg, 

 where they are often confluent and form a dense cap or zone. 

 Some eggs are comparatively faintly marked, others have the 

 markings very dark. Specimens measure from '65 to -8 in length, 

 and from '5 to '6 in breadth. 



5. Lochend, near Inverness, 1st June Seebohm Coll. 



(Hargitt Coll}. 



5. England. Old Collection. 



5. Norfolk, 15th May (F. Norgate). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Norfolk, 17th May (F. N.). Seebohm Coll. 



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