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The eggs of the Large Crowned Willow-Warbler vary from a 

 pointed to a blunt oval form. They are moderately glossy and plain 

 white. Four examples measure respectively : '65 by *5 ; '63 by *49 ; 

 63 by -46 ; -62 by -48. 



1. Kashmir, 21st May (C. It. Cock). Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 3rd June (C. R. C.). Hume Coll. 



2. Kashmir, 4th June (C. R. C.}. Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 31st May (C. R. C. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll). 



Acanthopneuste davisoni, Gates. 



PhyUoscopus viridipennis, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 53 (1881). 

 Acanthopneuste davisoni, Oates, Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 420 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs 2nd. Birds, i. p. 269 (1889) ; Oates, Ibis, 



1894, p. 482 ; Sharpe, Handel, iv. p. 218 (1903). 



The eggs of the Burmese White-tailed Willow- Warbler are of a 

 rather broad oval form, moderately glossy, and plain white. Four 

 specimens measure respectively : -58 by -49 ; -58 by '48 ; -57 by -48 ; 

 6 by -46. 



1. Byingyi Mountain, Upper Burma, Oates Coll. 

 March (E. W. Oates). 



3. Mooleyit Mountain, Tenasserim, Hume Coll. 



2nd Feb. ( W. Damson). 



Genus CHTHONICOLA, Gould. 



Chthonicola sagittata (Lath.). 



Chthonicola sagittata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 390 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 290 (1883) ; North, Nests fy Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 149 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 56 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 28, pi. 10 (1901) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 219 (1903). 



The eggs of the Little Field- Wren are of a very broad oval form 

 and possess a considerable amount of gloss. They are of a chocolate- 

 red colour, with the broad end somewhat darker than the other 

 parts. They measure from *7 to '8 in length, and from -57 to *6 in 

 breadth. 



2. Dobroyde, N.S.W. (E. P. Ramsay : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



2. Ashfield, N.S.W. (E. P. R. : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.}. 



3. New South Wales (E. P. R.). Gould Coll. 

 3. New South Wales (G. Bennett). Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F.A.Pnilbrick,Esq.,K.C.[P.1. 



3. Oakleigh, Victoria, 21st Sept. (A. J. Crowley Bequest. 



North), 

 1. Australia. W. RadclifTe Saunders, Esq. 



[p.]. 



