158 



Erythropygia munda (Cab.). 



Aedon leucophrys, apiid Ande7-sson, Birds Dam-land, p. 92 (1872). 

 Erythropygia munda, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. vii. p. 76 (1883) ; Stark 



Hf Sc'later, Faima S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 227 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iv. p. 167 (1903). 



There are only two eggs of the Damara Ground-Eobin in tlie 

 Collection ; these are of a broad oval shape and dull in texture. 

 They are cream-coloured, coarsely but handsomely spotted and 

 mottled all over with lilac-brown and lavender-grey. They measure 

 respectively : '82 by -61, and '81 by -62. 



2. Ondonga, Ovampo-land (C. J. Crowley Bequest. 



Andersson: Tristra7n Coll.). 



Erythropygia poena, A. Smith. 



Aedon paena, Andersson, Birds Dam.-land, p. 92 (1872). 

 Aedon pcena, Sharjx, ed. LayarWs Birds S. Africa, p. 253 (1875-84). 

 Erythropygia paena, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. vii. p. 76 (1883). _ 

 Erythropygia pcena. Stark 3f Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 223 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 167 (1903). 



The two eggs of Smith's Ground-Eobin in the Collection are of a 

 broad oval shape and moderately glossy. They are of a white 

 colour, speckled and spotted, most thickly at the larger end, with 

 lilac-brown and lavender-grey. They measure respectively : '77 by 

 •59, and -70 by -58. 



2. Damara-land, 4th Jan. ( C, J. Crowley Bequest. 



Andersson .• Tristram Coll.). 



Genus PRATINCOLA, Koch. 

 Pratincola rubetra {Linn.). 



Saxicola rubetra, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Viig. p. 237, tab. xxiii. 



fig. 8, a, b, c (1845-54) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 108, 



pi. XXX. fig. ii (1856). 

 Pratincola rubetra, Baedekei-, Eier Evr. Vog. tab. 27. fig. 13 (1855-63) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 2.56 (1873) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. 



p. 179 (1879) ; Seehohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 312, pi. 9 (1883) ; id. Eqgs 



of Brit. Birds, p. 190, pi. 51. figs.' 18, 19 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. 



p. 171 (1903). 



Typical eggs of the Wbinchat are glossy and of a pointed oval 

 form, though varieties occur which are broader, and some in which 

 there is a decided point at the broad end. The ground-colour 

 is of a greenish blue, sometimes with hardly a tinge of green in the 

 blue ; occasionally quite plain, they are most frequently freckled 

 and dotted with light rufous or pale brown. On some eggs the 

 markings are very few and inconspicuous, on others they are rather 

 thickly disposed, especially on the broad end, where they form an 



