160 



Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



SeeboLm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebolim Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Louis Fraser, Esq. [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. Brig-htoTi, May. 

 6. Churt, Surrey, June. 

 6. Churt. 

 5. Churt. 



5. Churt, May. 



6. Elbeuf, France {Noury : Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 4. Valkenswaard, Holland, 27th May 

 (H. Seebohm). 



4. Valkenswaard, 29th May {H. S.). 



5. Malaga, Spain, 10th May (Ruiz). 

 3. Parnassus, Greece, 7th May {H. See- 

 bohm i>f T.Kruper). 



2. Tunis. 



3. Khifan M'Sakta, Algeria, 13th April 



(O. Salnin). 



Pratincola sybilla {Linn.). 



Pratincola torquata, Milne-Edwards 8f Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., 



Ois. p. 338, pi. 303. fig. 5 (1879). 

 Pratincola sybilla, lioch 8f E. Neivton, Ibis, 1862, p. 272 ; E. Ncioto)i, 



Ibis, 1863, p. 345, pi. xiii. tig. 2 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. 



p. 191 (1879); Cmcan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 148 (1882); 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 25(1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 172 



(1903). 



Closely resembling bright-coloured eggs of P. ruhicola, those of 

 the Madagascar Stonechat have the ground-colour of a more 

 pleasing tint of delicate bluish-green, and the markings bolder and 

 richer. They vary in size from '65 to '76 in length, and from '52 

 to "60 in breadth. 



14. 



Betsileo, Madagascar. 

 Madagascar, May {E. Neioton : 



2'ristram Coll.). 

 Madagascar [Tristram Coll.). 

 Fianarantsoa, Madagascar. 



Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radclifi'e-Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Pratincola maura {Pall.). 



Pratincola rubicola, pt. Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 263 (1873). 

 Pratincola maura, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B.M. iv. p. 188 (1879); Wardla^o- 



Eamsay, Ibis, ISf^O, p. 55 ; Oates, Fauna Brit, hid.. Birds, ii. p. 61 



(1890)"; id. ed. Hume, Nests S) Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 48 (1890); 



Seebohm, Birds Japan, Emp. p. 67 (1890) ; Sliarpe, Hand-l. iv. 



p. 172 (190.3). 

 Pratincola indica, Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, i. p. 355 (1891). 



The eggs of the Asiatic Stonechat resemble those of P. ruhicola, 

 and are subject to the same variations. They are, however, rather 

 smaller, measuring from "6 to '75 in length, and from "48 to "oS 

 in breadth. 



Eggs taken in Afghanistan show but the faintest trace of the 

 ground-colour. In one clutch they arc densely freckled with 

 brownish pink ; in another with very pale yellowish brown. 



