132 TUEDIDJE. 



Tho esRS of the Altai Accentor resemble those of T. modulciris, 

 though there seems to be a little more green in the blue tint. Four 

 examples measure respectively: '84 by "59; "1 by "6; "79 by "58; 

 •79 by -55. 



2. Altai IMountains {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Altai Mountains, 3rd June ( Tancre). Crowley Bequest. 



Accentor coUaris {Scop.). 



Accentor alpinus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vng. tab. xxiii. fig. 12, a, b 



(184.5-54); Baedeker, Eier Uur. Vog. tab. 27. fig. 1 (1855-63); 



Hciritxon, Eq(if of Brit. Birds, i. p. 96, pi. xxvii. fig. ii (1856) ; 



Sec'hohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 501, pi. 12 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, 



p. 216, pi. 54. fig. 4 (1896). 

 Accentor collaris. Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 29 (1873) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 



B. M. vii. p. 661 (1883) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 65 (1899) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 146 (1903). 



Eggs of the Alpine Accentor are of the same unspotted greenish- 

 blue colour as those of the Common Hedge-Sparrow, but are much 

 larger. They have a fair amount of gloss, and measure from "85 to 

 •97 in length, and from ^64 to •67 in breadth. 



1. Eui'ope. Old Collection. 



4. Switzerland, 3vd June. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Ursern, Switzerland (<S'r??mif('nf Co//.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Ursern {Saunders Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Zurich. Crowley Bequest. 



4. ^t. Goth&rdi (T. Holland). Seebohm CoU. 



2. St. Bernard (Tm<;"«/« Co//.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus THARRHALEUS, Kaup. 

 Tharrhaleus modularis {Linn.). 



Accentor modularis, Thien. Fortpfanz. ges. Voq. tab. xxiii. fig. 13, a, h 

 (^^1845-54); Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 27. fig. 2 (1855~63); 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 97, pi. xxvii. fig. i (1856) ; Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. iii. p. 39 (1873^ ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 649 

 (1883) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 497, pi. 12 (1883) ; id. Eggs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 215, pi. 64. fig. 1 (1896). 



Tharrhaleus modularis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 146 (1903). 



The eggs of the Common Accentor or ' Hedge-Sparrow ' vary from 

 a broad to a long oval form, with the smaller end somewhat sharplj^ 

 pointed ; some have a dull roughish texture, others a fair amount of 

 gloss. They are of a beautiful spotless greenish-blue colour, measuring 

 from "71 to '83 in length, and from '54 to -66 in breadth. 



5. Dochfour, luveruess, 2nd June Seebohm Coll. 



( E. Hargitt). 



5. TLochendflnvevness {Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Locheud {Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



