144 



Cyanecula cyanecula (Wolf). 



Cyanecula csenilecula, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Foe/, tah. 27. fip:. 6 (18oo-63). 

 Cyanecula wolfi, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 311 (1874) ; Oates, Fauna 



Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 100 (1890). 

 Erithacus cyaneciilus, Seehohn, Cat. Birds B. 31. v. p. 311 (1881). 

 Cyanecula cyanecula, Sharpe, HandA. iv. p. 153 (1903). 



It would be impossible to separate the eggs of the White-spotted 

 Blue-throat in the Collection from those of the Eed-spotted form, 

 though at a casual glance the former may seem a trifle more highly 

 coloured. 



Certainly, among them is a remarkable clutch from Yalkenswaard 

 (Seebohm Collection) which appears quite brilliant among its more 

 sombre neighbours. These eggs have a bright greenish-blue ground, 

 clouded, streaked, and blotched with rich rufous-brown of a soft and 

 agreeable tint, the markings increasing gradually in number and 

 density from one end to the other, and forming a conspicuous cap, 

 in one instance at the smaller end. 



In size the eggs of this species vary from '62 to -8 in length, and 

 from "5 to "6 in breadth. 



6. Holland. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Holland {J. Baker). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Yalkenswaard, HoUand. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 6. Yalkenswaard, 10th May (C. B. Wharton Seebohm Coll. 



(§• H. Seebohm). 



5. Yalkenswaard, 21st Mav ( C.B. W.SfH.S.). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Yalkenswaard, 25th Mav ( C.B. W.SFH.S.). Seebohm CoU. 



4. Yalkenswaard, 27th May ( C.B. W.i<,-H.S.). Seebohm CoU. 

 3. Yalkenswaard, 28th Mav ( C.B. W.SfH.S.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Yalkenswaard, 28th May ( C.B. W.i^-H.S.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Yalkenswaard, 28th May ( C.B. W.^-H.S.). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Yalkenswaard, 29th May (C.5. W.irH.S.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Yalkenswaard, 29th May ( C.B. W.^H.S.). Seebohm CoU. 



6. Yalkenswaard, 1st May. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Yalkenswaard. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Yalkenswaard. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Belgium, 2Gth May {C. B. W. ^ H. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus AEDON, Forst. 



Aedon megarhyncha {Brelim). 



(Plate YIII. figs. 5 & 9.) 



Sylvia hiscinia, Thien. Fortjyflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxi. fig. 2, a-c (1845-54). 

 PhUomela luscinia, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 27. fig. 4 (1855-63) ; 



Heivitson, Eggs of Brit. Eggs, i. p. 124, pi. xxxiii. figs, i & ii (1856). 

 Daulias luscinia, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 363 (1876). 

 Erithacus luscinia, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 294 (1881) ; id. Brit. 



Birds, i. p. 276, pi. 9 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 185, pi. 61. 



figs. 10 & 11 (1896). 

 Aedon megarhyncha, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 153 (1903). 



There is not much variation in the eggs of the Nightingale, 

 though they may be separated into two types, having the same 

 bluish-green ground, but differing in the amount and appearance of 



