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of the egg, where they form a delicate and beautiful wreath. 

 Specimens measure from "SG to "97 in length, and from "07 to "7 in 

 breadth. 



1. Southern Europe. Old Collection. 



3. Valencia, Spain, May (S- Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Malaga, Spain, 8th April {H. 8.). Seebohm CoU. 



3, Malaga, 9th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



Saxicola deserti, Temm. 



Saxicola deserti. Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 215, part. (1874) ; Seebohm, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 383 (1881) ; id. Brit. Birds, i. p. 304, pi. 9 

 (1883) ; id. Eqys of Brit. Birds, p. 189, pi. 51. fig. 14 (1896) : 

 Pleske in Prje'v. Reisen, Voq. pi. v. fig. 3 (1889-94) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamvil. p. 41 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv, p. 179 (1903). 



Two eggs of the Desert-Chat in the Collection are of a regular 

 oval form, delicately pale blue in tint, with a few light chestnut 

 spots and small blotches. In one egg these are so few and faint as 

 to be almost invisible, while the other egg has an imperfect but 

 quite conspicuous zone at the larger end. In size they measure 

 respectively '"S by •(> and '79 by "59. 



2. Kuldja, 3rd June. Crowley Bequest. 



Saxicola melanoleuca (Giild.). 



Saxicola eurymelsena, Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 95 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. 



p. 179 (1903). 

 Saxicola melanoleuca, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 211 (1874) ; Seebohm, 



Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 385 (1881) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 41 



(1899) ; Sharpe, Rand-l. iv. p. 179 (1903). 



Not much variation can be observed among the eggs of the 

 Black-throated Chat in the Collection. AU have the same beautiful 

 pale blue ground-colour, sparingly dotted and blotched with pale 

 chestnut, and nearly all have a more or less dense zone round the 

 larger end. A few are very faintly marked, appearing at first sight 

 to be quite spotless. In size they range from -68 to "8 in length, 

 and from -57 to '64 in breadth. 



4. Greece (T. Kriiper : Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Parnassus, 3rd May {H. Seebohm^- Seebohm Coll. 



T. Kriiper). 



4. Parnassus, 5th May {H. S. S,- T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Parnassus, 8th Mav {H. S. 4" T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Parnassus, 8th May (//. .S. ^- T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Parnassus, 12th May (U.S. ^- T.K.^. Seebolim Coll. 

 3. Parnassus, 12th Mav {S.S. |- T.K.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Parnassus, 12th May (H.S. ^- T.K.). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Parnassus, 17th May (H.S. S> T.K.). Seebohm CoU. 



5. Parnassus (T. AOvVyjer). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Palestine, 31st May {H. B. T.). Canon Tristram [C.]. 



