CINCLIDiE. 79 



Family CINCLIDiE. 



Genus CINCLUS, Beehst. 



The eggs of the Dippers are of a sharply-pointed oval form and 

 possess a considerable amount of gloss. They are all invariably 

 plain white, and the eggs of the different species cannot be separated 

 by any character. 



Cinclus aquatic us, Beehst. 



Cinclus aquaticus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxvii. figs. 4, a, b 

 (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 35. fig. 13 (1855) ; 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 77, pi. xxii. (1856) ; Bresser, 

 Birds Eur. ii. p. 167 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 307 

 (1881) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 253, pi. 11 (1883) ; id. Eggs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 188, pi. 51. fig. 8 (1896) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 48 (1899) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. iv. p. 100 (1903). 



The eggs of the Common White-throated Dipper measure from 

 •92 to "98 in length, and from •^ to "77 in breadth. 



6. Dmmnadrochit, Inverness-shire Seebohm Coll. 

 {A. Lawler : Sargitt Coll.). 



3. Near Edinburgh (M. Small : Seebohm Coll. 



Sargitt Coll.). 

 5. England. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Northumberland (W. Proctor). Salvin-Grodman Coll. 



4. Northumberland (it. Chreenwell). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Cumberland (Heysham). Gould CoU. 



5. Cumberland {Heysham). Gould Coll. 

 9. Cumberland (F. Nicholson : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



3. Keswick, Cumberland (/. Law). Crowley Bequest. 



6. Alston Moor, Cumberland, 1st June. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Yorkshire. Lord Walsingham [P.]. 

 6. Ashopton, Derbyshire, 29th April Seebohm Coll. 



[S. Seebohm). 

 6. Ashopton, 1st May (JI. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. Vosges Mountaius, France (Mowire^- Seebohm Coll. 

 Hargitt Coll.). 



5. Altenkirchen, Prussia, 13th May Seebohm Coll. 



(C Sachse). 



Cinclus alblcollis (Vieill.). 



Cinclus albicollis. Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 181 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. vi. p. 310 (1881) ; id. Handrl. iv. p. 100 (1903). 



The two eggs of the Pale-backed White-throated Dipper in the 

 Collection measure respectively : 1-01 by -72 ; 1-06 by ^l. 



2. Parnassus, Greece, 11th May Seebohm Coll. 



(H. Seebohm). 



