226 



Eeguloides superciliosus {Qmel.). 



PhylloBcopus superciliosus, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 469 (1874) ; Seebohm, 



Ibis, 1879, p. 12; id. Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 68 (1881) ; id. Brit. 



Birds, i. p. 441, pi. 10 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 208, pi. 63. 



fig. 9 (1896) ; Popham, Ibis, 1898, p. 496. 

 Phyllopneuste superciliosa, Tacz. FauneyOm. Sib^r. Orient, p. 264 



(1891). 

 Eeguloides superciliosa?, Sharpe, B.and-1. iv. p. 216 (1903). 



The eggs of the Yello-w-browed, or Crowned Willow-Warbler in 

 the Collection are inseparable from many of the eggs of R. humd, 

 being white, speckled and spotted, more so at the large end than 

 elsewhere, with reddish brown and some obsolete underlying 

 lavender. Five examples measure from -SB to -6 in length, and 

 •45 in breadth. 



6. Yeneaei Valley, Lat. 66i° N., 25th Seebohm Coll. 

 June (-ff. Seebohm). 



Eeguloides humei (Brooks). 

 (Plate X. figs. 5 & 6.) 



Phylloscopus humii, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 67 (1881) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 410 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 8( 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 262 (1889) ; Wilson, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. 

 Soe. xii. p. 636 (1899). 



Eeguloides humei, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 216 (1903). 



The eggs of Hume's Willow-Warbler vary from a pointed to a 

 blunt oval shape and possess little gloss. They are white, marked 

 with specks and spots of reddish brown and very pale underlying 

 lavender. On some specimens the markings are very fine, on others 

 rather coarse and blotchy, but in either case they are most dense 

 over the broader half of the egg, where they form an ill-defined 

 cap. Examples measure from -52 to -6 in length, and from -42 to 

 ■45 in breadth. 



5. Kashmir ( W. E. Brooks). Hume Coll. 



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



2. Kashmir, 2nd June ( W. E. B.). Huaie Coll. 

 8. Kashmir, 3rd June ( W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Kashmir, 4th June ( W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, eth June (TT. JB. £.). Hume Coll. 



3. Kashmir, 31 st May ( JV. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Kashmir ( W. E. B.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Kashmir, June ( W. E. B. : Tristram Crowley Beq uest. 



Coll.). 

 2. Kashmir, 2nd June ( W. E. B. .- Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.), 



