SYLVIA. 



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Sylvia simplex, Lath. 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 13.) 



Sylvia hortensis, Thien. Fortyflanz. ges. Vog. p. 175, tab. xx. fig. 2, a-e 



(1845-54) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 128, pi. xxxiv. 



figs, iii, iv (1856); Seebok?n, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 10 (1881) ; id. 



Brit. Birds, i. p. 400, pi. 10 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birch, p. 201, 



pi. 52. figs. 12, 13 (1896). 



Curruca hortensis, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 51. fig. 11 (1855-63). 

 Sylvia salicaria, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 429 (1876). 

 Sylvia simplex, Sharps, Hand-l. iv. p. 209 (1903). 



The eggs of the Garden-Warbler are of a somewhat pointed oval 

 form and possess a considerable amount of gloss. They vary much 

 in coloration. The ground-colour is sometimes pure white, but 

 more commonly it ranges from creamy white to greenish white. 

 In one type the markings consist of clouds and smudges of pale 

 underlying lavender and yellowish brown, and some surface-spots 

 and lines of deep umber-brown. In another type the surface-spots 

 and lines are absent, and the shell is thickly blotched and smudged 

 with yellowish brown and underlying lavender. In a third type the 

 umber-brown surf ace- markings preponderate and the underlying 

 markings are comparatively few and faint. In a fourth type, an 

 unusual one, the ground-colour is salmon -pink, clouded with pinkish 

 brown and spotted with umber-brown. Specimens measure from 

 7 to -85 in length, and from -52 to '62 in breadth. 



4. Crieff, Perthshire. 



1. Brecon, Wales. 



3. Cambridgeshire. 



2. Cambridgeshire. 



6. Norwich, 4th July. 



1. Taplow, Berkshire. 



4. Taplow, May. 



5. Alton, Hants, May. 



4. Finchley, Middlesex, 12th June 



(O. S.). 

 11. Near London. 



5. Churt, Surrey. 



5. Churt. 



6. Vosges Mts., France, May (Mougel : 



Hargitt Coll.}. 



5. Elbeuf, Normandy (Noury : Hargitt 

 Coll}. 



4. Elbeuf (Noury: Hargitt Coll}. 



5. Elbeuf, 20th May (Noury : Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 5. Valkenswaard, Holland, 25th May 



(H. Seebohm). 

 5. Valkenswaard (H. S.). 

 5. Valkenswaard (H. S.). 



7. Valkenswaard (H. S.). 



4. Pomerania, 12th June ( T. Holland}. 

 4. Reval, Baltic Provs., 17th June 

 (Russow). 



W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, Esq. [P.], 

 Capt. E. A. Swanson [PA 

 F. Bond, Esq. {P.l 

 F. Bond, Esq. [P.] 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coil. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



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