228 SYLVIID*. 



The eggs of the Large Crowned Willow-Warbler vary from a 

 pointed to a blunt oval form. They are moderately glossy and plain 

 white. Four examples measure respectively : '65 by "5 ; '63 by '49 ; 

 •63 by -46 ; -62 by -48. 



1. Kashmir, 21st May (C.i2. CocA). Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 3rd June (C. R. C). Hume Coll. 



2. Kashmir, 4th June {C. R. C). Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 81st May (C. R. C. . Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Acanthopneuste davisoni, Oates. 



Phylloscopus viridipennis, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 53 (1881). 

 Acanthopneuste davisoni, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 420 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests Sr Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 269 (1889) ; Oates, Ibis, 



1894, p. 482 ; Sharpe, Sand-l iv. p. 218 (1903). 



The eggs of the Burmese White-tailed Willow- Warbler are of a 

 rather broad oval form, moderately glossy, and plain white. Four 

 specimens measure respectively : -58 by -49 ; -58 by -48 ; -57 by '48 ; 

 ■6 by -46. 



1. Byingyi Mountain, Upper Burma, Oates Coll. 



March (B. W. Oates). 



3. Mooleyit Mountain, Tenasserim, Hume Coll. 



2nd Feb. ( W. Davison). 



Genus CHTHONICOLA, Gould. 

 Chthonicola sagittata (Lath). 



Chthonicola sagittata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 390 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 290 (1883) ; North, Nests ^ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 149 (1889) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 56 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests 8/- Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 28, pi. 10 (1901) : Sharpe, 

 irarac?-;. iv. p. 219 (1903). 



The eggs of the Little Field-Wren are of a very broad oval form 

 and possess a considerable amount of gloss. They are of a chocolate- 

 red colour, with the broad end somewhat darker than the other 

 parts. They measure from -7 to -8 in length, and from -67 to -6 in 

 breadth. 



2. Dohroyde, N.S.W. {E. P. Ramsay : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Ashfield, N.S.W. (E. P. R. .- Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram.Coll.). 

 8. New South Wales [E. P.. R.). Gould Coll. 



3. New South Wales (G. Bennett). Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales. , Crowley Bequest. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F.A.Philbrick,Esq.,K.C.rP1. 



3. Oakleigh, Victoria, 21st Sept. (^./. Crowley Bequest. 



North). 

 1. Australia. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



