64 MNIOTILTIDJE. 



spotted and blotched, chiefly at the larger end, with rusty-brown 

 and lavender. Three examples measure respectively : *7 by *5 ; 

 71 by 51 ; '71 by -5. 



3. North America (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Dendrceca coronata (Linn.). 



Sylvia coronata, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxii. fig. 2 (1845-54). 

 Dendroica coronata, Ross, Canad. Nat. vii. p. 145 (1862) ; id., Nat. Hist. 



Review, 1862, p. 279 ; Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 227 (1874). 

 Dendrceca coronata, Coues, Birds N.- West, p. 57 (1874) ; Salv.fy Godm. Biol. 



Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 127 (1880); Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. x. 



p. 311 (1885); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 89 (1890); Sharnc, 



Hand-l. v. p. 106 (1906). 



An egg of the Yellow-rump, or Myrtle Warbler in the Collection 

 is in fragments, but appears to be white, speckled and spotted, chiefly 

 at the broad end, with reddish-brown and lavender. According to 

 Dr. Coues, the eggs of this species measure about '72 by '54. 



A specimen recently acquired with the Crowley Bequest measures 

 *76 by *57. It is dull white, spotted and blotched, chiefly in the 

 form of a zone round the broad end, with pale chestnut and 

 lavender. 



1. Fort Simpson, Mackenzie River B. R. Ross, Esq. [P.], 



District. 

 1. Nova Scotia, 2nd July (T. M. Crowley Bequest. 



Brewer: Tristram Coll.). 



Dendrceca chrysoparia, Scl. fy Salv. 



Dendroica chrysopareia, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 260 (1874). 

 Dendrceca chrysoparia, Brewster, Butt. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv. p. 77 (1879) ; 



Salv. $ Godm. Biol.Centr.-Amer., Aves, i.p. 139 (1881) ; Sharpe,Cat. 



Birds B. M. x. p. 295 (1885) ; id. Hand-l v. p. 107 (1906). 



Three eggs of the Golden-cheeked Warbler are of a somewhat 

 pointed oval form and nearly devoid of gloss. They are white, 

 profusely speckled and spotted, especially at the broad end, with 

 lilac-red and lavender. They measure respectively : -7 by -5 ; -69 

 by -51 ; -68 by -51. 



3. 70 miles N.W. of San Antonio, Texas, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 15th April (H. P. Attwater). 



Dendrceca pennsylvanica (Linn.). 

 (Plate III. fig. 21.) 



Dendroica pennsylvanica, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, \. 

 p. 245 (1874). 



