478 



3. rarnassiis, 12th :\Iav (If. -S'. .$■ 



T. A'.). 

 ■2. Pai-nassus, 12th May {H. S. ^■ 



T. A'.). 

 ■J. Parnassus, 12th Mar (//. S. S- 



T. K). 

 •2. rarnassiis, 12th May {H. iS. ^■ 



T. K.). 



4. Sniyrna, 23rd April {T. A'.). 



5. (Javi Ruk, 8000 ft., nr. Ispahan, 



S.W. Persia, 24th April {R.B. 

 Wotisnam). 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seobohm Coll. 



Col. A. S. Baihvard [P.], 



Pica melanonota (Brchm). 



Pica nielauoleuca, Saunderg, Ibis, 1871, p. 222. 



Pica rustica, Irbi/, Or?). Gibralt. p. 82 (1895). 



Pica pica luelanotos, Harterf. Vorj. pal. Faun. i. p. 21 (1903) ; Jourd. 



E(igs FAO-op. Birds, i. p. 19 (1906). 

 Pica melanonota, Shar^ye, Hand-l. v. p. 604 (1909). 



Eggs of the Spanish Magpie do not differ from those of P. pica. 

 lu one o£ the clutches of three eggs collected by Saunders, one egg 

 is slightly marked with very small dots, a second has the whole 

 of the pigment concentrated in a deep sooty-brown cap entirely 

 covering the smaller end of the shell, the third egg is normal but 

 rather lightly marked. They vary from 1-25 to 1-38 in length, and 

 from "9 to -95 in breadth. 



South Spain, 27th April (with one 



egg of Cocci/sfes glandarius, see 



vol. iii. p. 102). 

 Andalusia, South Spain, 1 st May 



(with two eggs of C. f/hm- 



darins) (H. Saunders). 

 Andalusia, 3rd May (with two 



eggs of C. (ihnidariiis ) ( //. 'V. ) . 

 Araujuez, South Spaiu, -!9tli April 



(with four eggs of L\ (jlan- 



darixis) {IT. S.V. 

 Aranjuez, 30th April {H. S.). 



W. Padclitfe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Ciill. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Pica bactriana, Bonap. 



Pica leucoptera, Gould. Birds Asia, v. pi. 55 (1850-83). 

 Pica kamtschatica, Stcjii. Pr. Biol. Soc. Wash. ii. p. 97 (1884). 

 Pica pica bactriana, Harterf, I'of/. iwl. Faun. i. p. 21 (1903). 

 Pica bactriana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 604 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 359 (1910) 



Eggs of the White-winged ^[agpie resemble those of P. pica. 

 They vary in length from 1-25 to I'S, and in breadth from -94 to 

 •96. 



6. Chaman, Afghanistan, 0th April 

 (//. E. Barnes). 



Hume Coll, 



