Family TURDIDAE. 



Saxicola oenanthe (L.) — Wheatear. 



(Plate 77, fig. a-d). 

 (Snouckaert: Avifauna Neerlandica, p. 48, No. 118). 



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light greenish blue; sometimes only faintly 

 tinted, to almost white; some eggs bear 

 at the basis reddish brown or light rusty 

 red speckles or little spots, sometimes 

 thickened at the basis to a distinct ring. 



21 X 16 millimetres. 



0.15 gram. 



not specially characterized. 



oblong ovoidal, frequently slightly bellied. 



consists of vegetable material, lined with 

 wool, hair and feathers. 



in stoneheaps, rabbit-holes, wood-stacks, 

 steep waterbanks, under clods of earth, etc. 



5—7, mostly 6. 



May (sometimes end of April)— July. 



about 13 days. 



