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4. Dauphin^, S.E. France {//. Seebohm Coll. 



Saunders). 



3. Malaga, Spain, 9th May {H. Seebohm Coll. 



Saunders) . 



2. Germany. Gould CoU. 



4. Saxony {Charbonnier : Kargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). 



4. Brunswick, 14th May. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Altenkirchen, 17th May (Sachse). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Dresden. Crowley Bequest. 

 5, Bohemia, 2nd May (IF. <ScMito-). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Delphi, Greece, 5th May. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Parnassus, 6th May (Seebohm ^ Seebohm Coll. 



Krilper) . 



2. Parnassus, 24th May {S. ^ K.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Parnassus ( T. Krilper) . Crowley Bequest. 



Phoenicurus ruiiventris ( Vieill.). 



Euticilla rufiventris, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 342 (1881) ; Pleske, 

 Prjev. Reisen, Aves, p. 54 (1889) ; Oates, Fauna Brit, hul., Birds, 

 ii. p. 95 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 64 

 (1890) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. i. p. 669 (1894) ;' Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 40 (1899). 



Phoenicurus rufiventris, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 151 (1903). 



Three eggs of the Indian Eedstart in the Collection resemble 

 those of P. phoenicurus, but are somewhat paler in colour. They 

 measure respectively : "79 by -59 ; '78 by '6 ; -78 by -6. 



3. Koko-nor (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Phoenicurus semirufus {Hempr. Sf Ehr.). 



Ruticilla semirut'a, Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 87 ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B, M. 



V. p. 344 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 40 (1899). 

 Phoenicurus semirufus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 151 (1903). 



The eggs of the Palestine Eedstart in the Collection resemble 

 those of P. phoenicurus. Two examples measure respectively : "75 

 by -56 ; -71 by -56. 



2. Meiruba, Lebanon, Palestine, Crowley Bequest. 



18th June [H. B. Tristram). 



Phcenicurus auroreus (Gm.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 5.) 



Ruticilla aurorea, Tacz. J. f. 0. 1872, p. 362, 1873, taf. i. fig. 11; 



Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 345 (1881) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. 



Ind., Birds, ii. p. 93 (1890) ; Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, i. p. 326 



(1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 40 (1S99). 

 Phoenicurus auroreus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 151 (1903). 



Eggs of the Daurian Eedstart are of a broad oval shape, 

 moderately glossy, and of a very pale blue colour, speckled and 



