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measurements given by Gates, and some given by Taczanowslii, who recorded tlieir 

 greiit variiibibty in size. Those before me measure IG'6 to I'-'i: 12-5 to I'i-'J mm. 



7. Pterorhinus davidi Swiuh. 



Pleske, Arcs, Przewalski's Jie/sr/t, ji. 1:54. 



The eggs agree perfectly with the description of Pleske. They liavc (juite the 

 character of those of (iarrulax jjectoralis and moniliyer, but are, of course, smaller. 

 Clutches were found with five and six eggs. 



8. Anthus rosaceus Hodgs. 



Gates, in Hume's Nests and Eggs Ind. B., ii., p. 216. 



Two clutches of four and five eggs resj)ectively. They are of the well-known 

 character of Autltu.i = eggs. The clutch of four is not unlike many eggs of Anthus 

 (irboreus, being of a greyish whitish ground colour, thickly freckled over the whole 

 surface with brown and greyish brown, and measuring 20-6 : 10 mm. The other 

 clutch is different, with the ground colour lighter and more visible, the whole 

 surface freckled and spotted with a pale earthy brown and greyish deeper-layiu"' 

 spots. Size of the eggs of this clutch, 21-2 : 15-8 mm. 



9. Motacilla leucopsis Gould. 



Clutches of five eggs. They are quite of the character of those of Motacilla 

 alba Linn., and measure 20-3 : 16-2; a little larger in another clutch. 



10. Carpodacus pulcherrimus (Moore). 



Propasser pulcheniMus Gates, in Hume's yesis and Eygs hid. B., ii., p. 153. 



The exceedingly beautiful eggs are like the well-known eggs of Carpodacus 

 erythrinus, bi;t smaller, measuring only 19-1 to 19-6: 14 to 14-3 mm. They are 

 of a pale clear blue. In some the spots on the larger end are very small and fine, 

 and of a very dark, almost black, brown ; in others they are larger and almost deep 

 purple brown, and in one they are long and fine hairlike lines and figures. The 

 eggs are here described for the first time. 



It is not worth while to separate the genera Propasser and Carpodacus, as 

 Gates did in the Birds of India, and I follow >Sharpc {Gat. B., xii.) in uniting them. 

 The eggs, too, are quite of the same character. 



11. Carpodacus rubicilloides Przew. 



Przew., Rowley's Orn. Misc., ii., p. 299, pi. 54 (1877). 



One clutch of three eggs. They have the beautiful pale bine colour so 

 characteristic of the eggs of Carpodacus, and arc; marked witli a few sjjots, sjiecks, 

 and hairlike lines of a deep purplish brown or almost black. They are larger than 

 the eggs of C. erythrinus (Pall.) generally, but in East Prussia, whore the eggs 

 of this bird seem to be larger on an average than those from Northern Asia, I have 

 found some that fully reach these in size, the eggs of C. rubicilloides measuring 

 21-2, 21-4, and 21-0 : 1.5-3, 15-4, and 15-5, while I took eggs of C. erythrinus in E. 

 Prussia measuring up to 22 mm. in length, although the majority is much smaller. 



The one female sent with the eggs seems to belong to C. rubicilloides. I have 

 no specimen to compare with it, but I do not think that the bird can belong to any 



