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examples measure respectively: '68 by "49; '6 by -5; '6 by '5; 

 •65 by -48. 



1 . Kashmir, 2nd June ( W. B. Brooks). Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 1st July ( W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Kashmir (C -B. Coc/c; Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



Genus CATHERPES, Baird. 



Catherpes mezicanus (Swains.). 



Catherpes mexicanus, Salv. 4" Oodm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 72 

 (1880) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 281 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 JEiersamml. p. 48 (1899) ; Skarjpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 93 (1903). 



An egg of the Mexican White-throated Rock- Wren in the 

 Collection is of a blunt oval shape, and of a glossy -white, sparingly 

 speckled with pale rufous and lilac, the minute markings being 

 more numerous at the larger end. It measures "71 by -55. 



1. [Mexico.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus HEMIURA, Bidgw. 

 Hemiura solstitialis {Sdat.). 



Troglodytes solstitialis, Scl. §• 8ah. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 493 ; Salv. ^ Godm. 



Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 102 (1880) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 



vi. p. 269 (1881). 

 Hemiura solstitialis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 94 (1903). 



The eggs of the Rufous-necked House- Wren are broad ovals, finely 

 glossy, white, speckled with pale red and underlying lavender, more 

 densely at the large end of the egg than elsewhere. Two examples 

 measure respectively : -66 by '52 ; -68 by -53. 



2. Sta. Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman CoU. 



(J. K. Salmon). 

 1. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



Hemiura brunneicollis {Sdat.). 



Troglodytes brunneicollis, Salv. 8f Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 



p. 103 (1880); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 261 (1881) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 48 (1899). 

 Hemiura brunneicollis, Sharpe, Hand-l. B. iv. p. 94 (1903). 



Two eggs of the Brown-necked House- Wren differ greatly from 

 one another in shape and markings. Both have the ground-colour 

 wbite. The shorter egg, which is of a blunt oval shape, has the 

 markings light Indian red, with underlying blotches of duU lavender ; 

 almost aU these markings are confined to the larger end, where they 

 form an irregular cap or mass. In the second egg, which is larger 

 and of a longer oval shape, the markings are browner, more nume- 

 rous towards the smaller end, and form a wide interrupted zone 



