410 STUKNIDJi:. 



Creatophora caninculata, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 123 (1906) ; llactgner, 

 3)- Ivi/, Journ. S. Afr. Orn. Union, i. p. 77 (1907) ; Bucknill, Juurn. 

 S. Afr. Orn. Uniirn, iv. p. 74 (1908); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 517 

 (1909; ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 348 (1910). 



Eggs of the Wattled Starling resemble those of Sturnus vulgaris. 

 They measure from -98 to I'lo in length, and from -75 to ■'62 in 

 breadth. 



2. Cape Colony {E. L. Laijard). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Cape Colony. B. E. Jupp, iisq. [C.]. 



8. Olifant's Kloof, nr. Grahamstown, B. £. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



Dec. {B. B. Buwker). 



2. White's Farm, Dec. {A. M. Ebden). B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus PASTOE, Temm. 



Pastor roseus {Linn.). 



Sturnus roseus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. J'off. tab. xxxviii. fig. 3, a-c 

 (1845-54). 



Pastor roseus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 50. fig. 11 (18o5-G3) ; 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 217, pi. Iv. fig. ii (1866) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 423 (1873) ; Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 673 

 (1879) ; Seelohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 20, pi. 11 (1884) ; Oates, Fauna 

 Brit. Ltd. i. p. 518 (1889) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests Sf Egqs Ind. Birds, 

 i. p. 368 (1889); Sharpe, Vat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 63 (1890); 

 Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 231, pi. 64. fig. 16 (1896) ; Dresser, 

 Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 401 (1902) ; Hartert, Vdg. pal. Faun. i. p. 47 

 (1903); Beg, Eier Vdg. Mittelenrop. i. p. 348 (1906); Jourdain, 

 Eqqs Europ. Birds, i. p. 39 (1906) ; Dresser, Eggs Birds Europe, 

 p."3-l4, pi. xxiii. fig. 8 (1908); S/iar])e, Hand-l. v. p. 518(1909); 

 Mhrk. Eat. Eiersantml. p. 349 (1910). 



The eggs of the Hose-coloured Pastor are of a somewhat broad, 

 pointed oval form, excessively glossy, aud of a very pale greyish- 

 or bluish-white. One clutch from South Russia is of a very pale 

 olive colour. They measure from 1'09 to 1*19 in length, and frora 

 •8 to -87 in breadth. 



4, South Russia (r^jjcre). Crowley Bequest. 



4. South Prussia, 20th May. AV. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



3. Bessarabia. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Kustendji, Turkey [Dr. Ciillen : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 6. Constantinople, Turkey, 15th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



4. Asia Minor, 6tli June (T.A'rw/jer). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Smyrna (Guido ion Gonzenback). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Smyrna ( T. A". : Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Angora, 27th Mav. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



