1G7 



4. Laplaud (A. Newton). 



2. Sweden. 



6. Petcliora River, Lat. 68° N., 2Gtli 



June {!£. Seebohm Sf J. A. 



Hariiie-Brown) . 

 G. Parnassus, Greece, 8th May {11. 



Seebohm c^ T. Krilpcr). 



Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 S. O. Salilin, Estj. [P.]. 

 Seebolim Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Saxicola stapazina {Linn.). 



Saxicola stapazina, Salvad. Ibis, 1904, p. 75. 



Saxicola aurita, Thien. FoHpJtanz. yes. Voc/. tab. xxiii. fig. 5, a-c, part. 



(184.5-54) ; Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. p. 101, pi., part. (1875) ; 



Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 394, part. (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 41 (1899). 

 Saxicola albicollis. Sharps, Hand-l. iv. p. 176 (190.3). 

 Saxicola amphileuca, Shurpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 176 (1903). 



A series of the eggs of the Eastern Black-eared Chat in the 

 Collection, chiefly from Greece and Palestine, do not differ much 

 inter se. The ground-colour is of a bright greenish-bhie of a pleasing 

 tint, and the markings, which are usually collected together towards 

 the larger end in the form of a more or less perfect zone, consist 

 of spots of various shades of reddish- and lilac-brown. In some cases 

 the markings are very faint, but there are no actually spotless 

 forms in the series. 



Size from -71 to "85 in length, and from -55 to '61 in breadth. 



5. Parnassus, Greece, 4th May (H. 

 Seebohm ^ T. Kriiper). 



5. Parnassus, 9th May (H. S. Sr T. K). 



6. Parnassus, 18th May (if. S. i^ 



T. K.). 

 6. Parnassus, 19th May {H. S. Sr 



T. K.). 

 5. Parnassus, 21st May (//. S. S/- 



T. K). 



3. Smyrna, 30th April ( T. Kriiper). 

 G. Smvrna, 11th May (r. A'.). 



1. I'alestine, 25th April (H. B. 



Tristram). 



4. Mt. Tabor, 12th April {E. Bart- 



leU. : Tristram Coll.). 

 3. Kulat es Shukif, Palestine, 28th 

 May {H. B. Tristram). 



2. Judaja, 23rd April (J. H. Coch- 



rane: Tristram Coll.). 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Saxicola caterinae, Whitalcer. 



Saxicola aurita {nee Temm.), Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. .307; Saiinder.'!, Ibis, 



1871, p. 211 ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 394^ part. (1881). 

 Saxicola amphileuca {nee II. i^- E.), Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 96 

 Saxicola caterina), Wltitaker, Ibis, 1898, p. 625; id. Bull. B. O. C. xii 

 p. 78 (1902). 



As in the case of the eggs of the allied species S. mclanolcuca 



