MNIOTILTIDa:. 59 



Family MNIOTILTID^. 



Genus MNIOTILTA, Vieill. 



Mniotilta varia (Linn.). 



Mniotilta varia, Coues, Birds N.- West, p. 45 (1874) ; Baird, Brewer ^ 

 Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 180 (1874) ; Salv. 8f Godm. Biol. 

 Centr,-Amer., Aves, i. p. 110 (1860) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. 

 p. 251 (1885); Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 88 (1899); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 96 (1906). 



The, eggs of the Black-and- White Creeping Warbler are of a 

 regular oval shape and almost devoid of gloss. They are white, 

 delicately speckled with lilac-red and lavender. In the specimens 

 in the Collection the markings are very profuse round the broad 

 end, where they form a weE-deflned zone. They measure from 

 •65 to 'TS in length, and from -51 to -54 in breadth. 



4. OoTicord, Massachusetts (HensTiaw Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Coll.). 

 2. Pennsylvania, 1st June. W. EadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



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Genus HELMINTHOTHERUS, Bafinesque. 



Helminthotlierus vermivorus {Gmel.). 



(Plate III. fig. 1.) 



Helmitherus vermivorus, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 187 (1874). 

 Helminthotherus vermivorus, Salvin 8r Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 



i p. 112 (1880) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 230 (1885) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 87 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 97 (1906). 



A single egg of the Worm-eating Warbler in the Collection is of 

 a wide oval form, slightly pointed towards one end, and somewhat 

 glossy. The ground-colour is white very finely dotted with reddish- 

 brown and lilac, the markings being most numerous round the 

 larger end, where they form an irregular zone., It measures -6^ 

 by -5. 

 1. Pennsylvania, May. W. Radcliife Saunders, Esq. 



