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PABID.5;. 



Genus LOPHOPHANES, Kaup. 



Lophophanes cristatus {Linn.). 



Parus cristatus, Thien. Fortpflara. ges. V'og. p. 153, tab. xviii. figf, 10, a-c 

 (1845-54) ; Heioitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 154, pi. xxxix. 

 fio- iii (1856) ; Gadoio, Cat. Birds f. M. viii. p. 27 (1883) ; Seebuhm, 

 Brit. Birds, i. p. 481, pi. 9 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 213, 

 pi. 53. fig. 18 (1896) ; Irby, Orn. Str. Gihr. 2nd ed. p. 73 (1895). 



Lophophanes cristatus, Baedeher, Eier Eur. Vor/. tab. 43. flpr. 17 

 (1855-63) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 161 (1871) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 iv. p. 323 (1903J. 



The eggs of the Crested Titmouse are of a broad pointed oval 

 shape, and in some cases slightly glossy. They are white, usually 

 marked in a bold manner with rich chestnut. In the majority of 

 specimens the markings are chiefly on the larger end of the egg, 

 where they coalesce and form a well-deflnod cap or broad zone. 

 In others the markings are small and distinct, and although more 

 dense at the broad end than elsewhere, they do not form a notice- 

 able cap. Many of the more richly-marked examples are blotched 

 ■with pale purplish red, underlying the chestnut. They measure from 

 •6 to -7 in length, and from -46 to -bl in breadth. 



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Ross-shire [J. Hancock 



Coll.). 

 Speyside, Morayshire. 

 Speyaide, 16th May. 

 "Valkenswaard, Holland, 23rd May. 

 Vosges Mts., France (Mougel: Sar- 



gitt Coll.). 

 Gibraltar (i.Jff.jTrJy). 

 Sweden [H. W. Wheelwright). 

 Sweden {H. W. W.). 

 Sweden, 1st May {H. W. W.) 

 Carlstad, Sweden {II. W. W. : 



Tristram Coll.). 

 Gardsjo, Sweden, 26th April 



(It. W. W.). 

 Gardsjo {S. W. W.). 

 Wermland, Sweden, April (^. W. W.) 

 Wermland, 20th April {Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 Pomerania, 3rd May {T. Holland). 

 Pomerania, 5th May {T. H.). 

 Pomerania, 6th May {T. S.). 

 Re-Tal, Baltic Provs., 28th April 



(Jliissow). 

 Saxony. 



Gilli, Styria {E. Seidensacher). 

 Oilli {E. S.). 

 CiUi {E. S.). 



Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



J. J. Dalglelsh, Esq. [C.]. 

 A. H. Evans, Esq. [P!]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Balvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Cowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



