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drcTJLiDa;. 



One example is of the common type ; another resembles the 

 fosterer's eggs so closely in colour as to lead to the suspicion that it 

 may be only a double-yolked egg of S. curruca. 



Sylvia orpheus. 

 2. With 4 eggs of foster-parents, Malaga, Spain Seebohm Coll. 



(A. Muiz). J 

 1. With 4 „ Smyrna, 13th May (r. Seebohm CoU. 



Kriiper). 

 1. With 4 „ Smyi-nal6thMay(r.ir.). Seebohm OoU. 



Three examples closely resemble the fosterers', eggs ; a fourth is 

 of the common type. 



Sylvia atricapilla. 



1. With 5 eggs of foster-parents, Harrow, Middlesex. Purchased. 



1. With .3 „ „ Churt, May. Crowley Bequest. 



Both of the common type. 



Sylvia simplex. 

 1. With 5 eggs of foster-parents, Stolp, Pomerania, Seebohm Coll. 



eth.i\me(T.I£oUand). 

 1. With 3 „ „ Saxony, 10th May. 



1. With 3 „ „ Brandenburg, May. 



Varied forms of the common type. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Melizophilus undatus. 

 With nest and 2 eggs of foster-parents, Churt. 

 Of the common type. 



Phylloscopus sibilator. 



With 3 eggs of foster-parents, Malvern, Wor- 

 cestershire. 



Of the common type. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Phylloscopus trochilus. 

 1. With 4 eggs of foster-parents, Churt. 

 1. With 3 „ Hay ward's Heath, 



Sussex, 24th May 



(Sioaysland) . 

 1 . With 2 „ Pomerania, 29th July. 



1. With 4 „ Frankfurt-on-Oder, 24th Purchased 



May. 



Of various forms of the common type. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm CoU. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Phylloscopus minor. 

 With 2 eggs of foster-parents, Churt, 21st May. Crowley Bequest. 

 Of the common type. 



Acroeephalus phragmitis. 



With 4 eggs of foster-parents, Tenbv, Wales, Crowley Bequest. 



]9th June. 

 With 6 „ „ Harro\^-, Middlesex. Purchased. 



