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Family CHAM^ID^E. 



Genus CHAMPA, Gambel. 

 Cnamsea fasciata (Gambel). 



Champa fasciata, Baird, Breiver 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 84 

 (1874) ; Coues, Birds Color. Valley, p. 108 (1878) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M.vii. p. 311 (1883) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 57 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 343 (1903). 



Eggs of the Wren-Tit are of a pointed oval form and of a pale 

 spotless greenish-blue colour, rather dull in appearance. The three 

 specimens in the Collection measure '72 by '55 ; *76 by -56 ; and 

 76 by '60, respectively. 



2. California, (R. Ridgway : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 

 1. California, April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. [P.]. 



Family REGULID^E. 

 Genus REGULUS, Koch. 

 Regains regains (Linn.). 



Regulus flavicapillus, Thien. Fortpjianz. ges. Vog. tab. xix. fig. 7, a-c 



(1845-54). 

 Regulus crococephalus, Baedeker. Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 51. fig. 1 



(1855-63). ^ 

 Regulus auricapillus, Jfewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 146, pi. 



xxxviii. figs, i & ii (1856). 

 Regulus cristatus, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 4-53 (1874) ; Seebohm, Brit, 



Birds, i. p. 453, pi. 11 (1883) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 80 



(1883) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 208, pi. 53. fig. 10 (1896). 

 Regulus regulus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 343 (1903). 



The eggs of the Goldcrest, or Golden- crested Wren, are of an 

 ordinary oval shape and exhibit very little gloss. The majority of 

 the eggs of this species are dull white, densely mottled, generally on 

 the larger half, in the form of a broad zone or large cap, with pale 

 brown and lavender intermingled. Some specimens, however, are 

 almost plain white ; others are of a pale cream-colour, very faintly 

 mottled all over with the very palest brown, but less densely on the 

 smaller half than on the larger. Specimens measure from '52 to -6 

 in length, and from *4 to *44 in breadth. 



9. Co. Waterford, 24th April Seebohm Coll. 



(R. J. Ussher). 



11. Co. Waterford, May (12. J. V.). Seebohm Coll. 

 i). Co. Waterford, 5th May Seebohm Coll. 



(R. J. U.). 



