310 PAEIDJB. 



Genus PENTHERES, Cab. 



Pentheres afer (GmeL). 



(Plate XIV. fig. 7.) 

 Parus afer, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Voq. p. 146, tab. xviii. fig. 1, a, b 



(1845-54) ; Sharpe, ed. Layards Birds S. Africa, p. 329 (1875-84) ; 



Gadow, Cat Birds B. M. viii. p. 39 (1883); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 66 (1899). 

 Pentheres afer, Sharpe, Hand-L iv. p. 332 (1903). 



The eggs of the {South-African Titmouse in the Collection are of 

 a very broad oval shape and without gloss. They are white, often 

 densely speckled and spotted all over with pale rufous and under- 

 lying lilac. They measure '75 by -57. 



1. South Africa, E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



2. South Africa (E. L. L. : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll}. 



2. Nels Poort, Cape Colony (T. At- Crowley Bequest. 

 more : Tristram Coll.). 



Genus CYANISTES, Kaup. 



Cyanistes caeruleus (Linn.). 



Parus cseruleus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vo'g. p. 147, tab. xviii." fig. 3, a, 

 b, c (1845-54) ; Heivitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 151, pi. xxxix. 

 fig. ii (1856) j Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 131 (1871) ; Gadow, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. viii. p. 12 (1883) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 468, pi. 9 

 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 210, pi. 53. figs. 14, 15 (1896). 



Cyanistes cseruleus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 43. fig. 11 (1855-63) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-L iv. p. 333 (1903). 



The eggs of the Blue Titmouse are of a broad pointed oval shape 

 and have little or no gloss. They are white, marked with light 

 chestnut-brown. In many specimens the markings consist entirely 

 of small specks and spots ; in others of specks, spots, and small 

 blotches. They are almost invariably more thickly disposed at 

 the broad end than elsewhere, and form an indistinct cap or zone. 

 They measure from -55 to '7 in length, and from -41 to "5 in 

 breadth. 



5. England. Old Collection. 



4. Yorkshire (Hargitt Coll). Seebohm Coll. 



9. Norfolk, llth May (F. Norgate). Seebohm Coll. 



12. Norfolk, 20th May (jp. N.). Seebohm Coll. 



7. Norfolk, 22nd May (.P. N.). Seebohm Coll. 



11. Norfolk, 26th May (F. N.). Seebohm Coll. 



7. Norfolk, 3rd June (F. N.). Seebohm Coll. 



7. Cambridgeshire. F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 



7. Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 21st May (O.S.). 



4. Cookham, Berkshire, April. Gould Coll. 



7. Epping Forest, 9th May. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



7. Churt, Surrey. Crowley Bequest. 



9. Churt, May. Crowley Bequest. 



