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In two clutches from Japan the ground-colour is of a bright 

 but pale greenish-bluo, and one of them is so faintly zoned with 

 the palest brownish-red, that the eggs appear plain, iintil closely 

 examined. 



5. Afg-lianistan, i>8th May {R. G. Seebohm Coll. 



l\'(triU(iiv-Ramsay). 

 4. Af-haiiistau, 28th May (R. G. Seebohm Coll. 

 W.-R.). 



1. Kotegarli, Himalayas, lOch April. Hume Coll. 

 12. Kotegarh, 30th April. Hume Coll. 



11. Kotegarh, May. Hume Coll. 



2. Kotegarh, V?,t\\ May. Hume Coll. 

 1. Kotegarh, 25th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Kotegarh, 2(jth May. Hume Coll. 



12. Kotegarh, 21st June. Hume Coll. 



2. Kotegarh, 11th July. Hume Coll. 



6. Simla. Hume Coll. 

 1. Mussoori. Hume Coll. 



1. Almora, 14th May ( W. E.Brooks). Hume Coll. 



2. Almora, 17th May ( W. E. £.). Hume Coll. 



1. Almora, 29th Mav ( IF. E. £.). Hume Coll. 



2. Almora, 21st May ( JF. E. B. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Cull.). 



2. Altai Mountains, May. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Altai Mountains (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



6. Japan {H. Pryer). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Japan {H. P.). Seebohm Coll. 



Pratincola torquata {Linn.). 



Pratincola torquata, Sharpe, ed. LayarcVs Birds S. Africa, p. 2.'^6 (1875- 

 84) ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 190 (1879) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eii'r.mniml. 

 p. 2.5 (1899) ; Stark i^ Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 190 

 (1901); Shar2)e, Hand-l. iv. p. 172 (1903). 



The eggs of the South-African Stonechat are not separable from 

 those of P. rubicola. They are of a pale dull greenish-blue colour, 

 speckled and clouded with pale chestnut, the markings being densest 

 at the large end and forming an irregular zone or indistinct cap. 

 Specimens measure from '7 to -8 in length, and from '53 to -01 in 

 breadth. 



4. Berg River, S. Africa, Sept. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



11. Tiiiiii^vaiil, (Jet. {T. Ayres : Tristra7n Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



Pratincola caprata (Linn.). 



Pratincola caprata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 195, part. (1879) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 59 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Xe.sts 

 Sj- Eyys Ind. Birds, ii. p. 41 (1890) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. \x. {Suppl.) 

 p. 33 (1895); ShariiB, Hand-l. iv. p. 173 (1903). 



The eggs of the Common Indian Pied Bush-Chat are mostly of a 

 broad oval form, more or less pointed, and fairly glossy. The 



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