nEDVMELA. — sipniA. 255' 



Hedymela collaris (Bechst.). 



Muscicapn collnris, Tkien. Fortiiflanz.gp.s. Vog. p. 302, tab. xxix. fifr. 10, a, h 



(I84o-o4); Baedeker, Eier Em: Vivj. tab. o± fij?. 13 (18.-)o-63) ; 



Drrgser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 4o9 (1S74J ; Sharpe, Cat, Birds B. 31. iv. 



p. KiO (1879). 

 Muscicapa albicoIUs, Bree, Birds Eur. i. p. 175, pi. — (18G6) ; id. op. 



cit. 2nd ed. ii. p. 30, pi. — (1875). 

 Iledyiuela collaris, Sharpe, Iland-l. iii. p. 213 (1901). 



Tho eggs of the White-collai'ed Flycatcher in the Collection are 

 of a pale bluish-green colour, and quite indistinguishable from many 

 of those of //. atrlcapilla. They measure •~2 by bo, and '73 by bo 

 respectively. 



1. Altenkirchen, Prussia, 7th May Seebohm Coll. 



(E. SacJise), 

 1. Hungary {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus SIPHIA, Ilodrjs. 



SipMa parva (Bechst.). 



Muscicapa parva, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. GO], tab. xxix. 



tig. 8, a-c (1845-54) ; Bree, Birds Eur. i. p. 179, pi. — (lSd6) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 465 (1875) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 



iv. p. 161 (1879) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 332, pi. 9, part. (1883) ; 



id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 193, pi. 52. tig. 3 (1896). 

 Erythrosterna parva, Baedeker, Eier Eur. T'lig. tab. 52. fig. 10 (1855-G3). 

 Siphia parva, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 9 (1890) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iii. p. 213 (1901). 



The eggs of the European Red-breasted Flycatcher are of an oval 

 form, the smaller end being frequently pointed, and they are very 

 glossy. They are of a very pale bluish or greenish white, speckled 

 and mottled with pale reddish brown and underlying lavender. 

 Tho markings are fine and usually dense, in some cases so dense 

 that littlo of the ground-colour is visible. In a few examples the 

 markings form a very distinct zone round the larger end. Speci- 

 mens measure from '6 to '71 in length, and from '5 to '55 in 

 breadth. 



2. Pomerania. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



G. Pomerania (Seebohm Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



5. Stolp, Pomerania, 11th June (I£. Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm). 



G. St.ilp, 3rd .Tune (T. Holland). Seebohm Coll. 



7. Stolp, 12th .luue {T. H.) Seebohm Coll. 



5. Stolp, 17th June (T. //.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Stolp, 18th June (r. //.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Stolp, 30ih June (7'. II.). Seebuhai Coll. 



0. Bohemia, 4th June. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Hungary (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 5. Uraan, South Russia, 31st Mav Suebohui Coll. 



(Goebel). 



