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In Dresser’s collection are a couple of eggs of this Titmouse obtained from Algeria, where 
they were procured by the late Captain Loche. In size they measure 76 by $@ inch, and in 
colour and markings resemble eggs of Parus cwruleus, but are more thickly blotched with red, 
and the markings are bolder. Mr. A. Benzon, of Copenhagen, also tells us that he has an egg 
from Loche measuring 17 by 13 millimetres, which resembles an egg of the Great Titmouse 
in miniature. 
Our descriptions are taken from a pair of adults procured by Mr. Godman at Orotava, in 
Teneriffe, on the 9th and 10th of April 1871. The specimen figured is a bird from Tunis, for 
which we are indebted to Mr. E. Fairmaire. 
In the preparation of the above article we have examined the following specimens :— 
E Mus. Sharpe and Dresser. 
a. Tunis, 1868 (EZ. Fairmaire). 6. Algiers, 1870 (J. H. Gurney). 
E Mus. Salvin and Godman. 
a,b, g. Souk Harras, Algeria, April 1857 (O. Salvin). 6, c, 6, 9. Orotava, April 9th and 10th, 1871 
(Ff. Godman). c. Teneriffe, April 1871 (F. Godman). 
E Mus. H. B. Tristram. 
a, b, $,2. Forest of Boghar, Algeria, May 30th, 1856 (H.B.T.). c, 9. Algiers, May 2nd, 1856 (H. B. T.). 
E Mus. J. H. Gurney, jun. 
a, b, 2. Algiers, February 2nd and 3rd, 1870 (J. H. G.). 
E Mus. Lord Lilford. 
a. Batna (Verreauz). 
