169 



Saxicola picata, Blyth. 



Saxicola picata, Seehohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. .367 (1881); Barnes, 

 Straii Feath. ix. p. 217 (1881) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind. Birds, ii. 

 p. 71 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 52 

 (1890) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. {Suppl.) p. 29 (1895) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 177 (1903). 



The eggs of the Pied Chat are of a pointed oval shape and 

 moderately glossy. They are of a very pale blue colour, thinly 

 speckled with pale rufous, the markings being more numerous at 

 the larger end, forming an incomplete zone. Three examples 

 measure respectively : -84 by 'O ; '82 by -6 ; '79 by -61. 



3. Cbaman, Afghanistan, Btb May Hume Coll. 

 (//. .S. Barnes). 



Saxicola monticola (Vieill.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 12.) 



Saxicola monticola, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 24G 

 (1875-84); Seehohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 380 (1881); Butler, 

 Feilden Sf JReid, Zool. 1882, p. 211 ; JVehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 41 

 (1899) ; Stark ^ Sclnter, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 194 (1901). 



Saxicola leucomelsena, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 247 

 (1875-84) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 377 (1881) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 177 (1903). 



The eggs of the lilountain-Chat are of a pale greenish-blue colour, 

 speckled and mottled with light chestnut-red and underlying 

 lavender, more densely at the broad end, where the markings 

 often form a well-defined zone. They measure from -94 to -99 in 

 length, and from -7 to -73 in breadth. 



4. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 

 2. South Africa {E. L. Layard). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Dundee, Natal, 2nd Oct. Capt. Savile G. Reid [C.]. 



5. Transvaal ( T. Ai/res : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



3. Leeuwspruit, O.R.C., 2nd Sept. Capt. G. E. H. Barrett- 



Hamilton [P.]. 



2. Leeuwspruit, 4th Sept. Capt. G. E. H. Barrett- 



Hamilton [P.]. 



1. Nel's Poort. Cape Colony {T. At- Crowley Bequest. 

 more: Tristram Coll.). 



Saxicola lugens, Licht. 



(Plate VII. fig. 6.) 



Saxicola lugens, Loche, E.vpl. Sci. Alg6r., Ois. i. p. 207 (1867) ; Seebohm, 

 Cat. Bird.'< B. M. t. p. 370 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 41 

 (1899) ; Shari^e, Hand-l. iv. p. 178 (1903). 



