Family TURDIDAE. 



Cyanecula suecica cyanecula (Wolf) — Bluethroat. 



(Plate 74, fig. a-d). 

 (Snouckaert: Avifauna Neerlandica, p. 47, N°. 115). 



Colour of surface of shell: 

 Colour of spots: 



Average dimensions: 

 Average weight of shell; 

 Texture of shell : 

 Shape : 



Nest: 



Site of nest: 



Number of eggs: 

 Breeding season: 

 Duration of incubation 



dull bluish green; greyish green; greenish 

 brown, greyish yellow. 



reddish brown ; the marking is of a very 

 fine, frequently close, cloudy nature; it 

 sometimes consists of a typical Turdus- 

 marking J ) and varies in two directions, 

 namely in those of the character of Aed. 

 luscinia, and of Pr. rubicola. 



19 X 14 millimetres. 



0.1 gram. 



not specially characterized. 



varying between short compact and more 

 or less oblong. 



consists of vegetable material; the substruc- 

 ture more particularly of dry leaves; the 

 lining also contains hair. 



near water and by preference in the vicinity 

 of cultivated fields, between tall brushwood 

 and under the shelter of a luxuriant ve- 

 getation, on or even in the ground, under 

 a thick root or against a stump; it is also 

 found in hollows washed out in steep 

 banks of ditches. 



5-6. 



May (sometimes end of April)— July. 



about 14 days- 



l ) The set from Valkenswaard to which Oates refers in the „Cat. Eggs- 

 Brit. Mus." (part. IV, p. 144) bears this character. 



