tOPHOPHANES. — PEEIPAETJS. 305 



Lophophanes inornatus (Oambel). 



Lophophanes inornatus, Baird, Brewer S; Bidgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 91 

 (1874) ; Coues, Birds Colorado Vail. p. 114 (1878) ; Sharpe, Hand-l 

 iv. p. 324 (1903). 



Parus inornatus, Gadoio, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 32 (1883) ; Nehrh. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 66 (1899). 



The eggs of tlie American Plain Titmouse are of a pointed oval 

 form and slightly glossy. They are white, marked with delicate 

 specks of pale chestnut, which are confined almost entirely to the 

 larger end, where, in three examples, they form a narrow but distinct 

 zone, and in a fourth a small cap. They measure respectively: '69 

 by -5 ; -68 by -5 ; -75 by -54 ; -64 by -5. 



4. Oakland, California, 3rd April Salvin-Godman OolL 

 ( W. is. Bryant : Henshaw Coll.). 



Genus PERIPAEUS, Selys-Longeh. 

 Periparus ater (Linn.). 



Parus ater, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 149, tab. xviii. fig. 6, a, B 

 (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Bier Eur. Vfig. tab. 43. flg. 10 (1855-63) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 87 (1872) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. 

 p. 40 (1883). 



Periparus ater, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 325 (1903). 



The eggs of the European Coal Titmouse are of a rather broad, 

 pointed oval form and without gloss. They are white, somewhat 

 thickly speckled and spotted with two shades of pale chestnut, 

 especially at the broad end, where the markings often form art 

 imperfect cap. The spots on the egg of this Titmouse are usually 

 firm and distinct, but in a clutch taken in Pomerania they are cloudy 

 and blotchy, as if sunk into the shell. Examples measure from 

 •56 to -65 in length, and from -45 to -5 in breadth. 



3. Vosges Mts., France (Mougel: Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



6. \osgea Mts. {Nou7y: Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Vosges Mts. {Mougel: Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



10. Vosgea Mts. (Noury : Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



^9. Pomerania, 14th May (r. JETo&nfZ). Seebohm Coll. 



Periparus britannicus (Sharpe Sf Dresser). 



Parus ater, apud Hemtson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 156, pi. xxxir. 

 fig. iv (1856). 



Parus britannicus, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 93 (1872) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. viii. p, 41(1883) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 472, pi. 9 (1883) : 

 id. EggsofBnt. Birds, p. 211, pi. 53. fig. 16 (1896). 



Periparus britannicus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 325 (1903). 



The eggs of the British Coal Titmouse are very similar to those 

 of P. ater, and cannot be separated from them, but owing to the 

 larger series of the eggs of the British bird they appear more varied 

 than those of the other, A few examples are cream-coloured, quite 



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