606 COETID^. 



4. Kerry, 8tb May {E. J. U.). Seebolim Coll. 



3. Spanish side of Pyrenees {Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Coll.). 



5. Zelengora, Bosnia, IGtli June. W. Radclifle Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 1. Algeria. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Chumbi, Tibet, 8th May (Z. Hume CoU. 

 Matidelli). 



Genus PYRRHOCORAX, Vieill 

 Pyrrhocorax alpinus, VieW. 



Corvus pyrrhocorax, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xlii. figs. 2, a~d 



(1846-54). 

 Pyrrhocorax alpinus, Sharjye, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 148 (1877) ; 



Oates, Farm. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 44 (1889) ; Seebokm, Eggs of 



Brit. Birds, p. 229, pi. 55. fig. 4 (1896) ; Neicton, Ootheca Wollei/ann, 



pt. ii. p. 47a (1902) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 40G (1902) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 627 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 364 



(1910). 

 Pyrrhocorax pyi-rhocorax, Bey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. i. p. 368 (1904), 



pi. 49. figs. 8-11 (1900). 

 Pyrrhocorax graculus, Harterf, T'og. pal. Faun. i. p. 36 (1903) ; Jourd. 



Eggs Europ. Birds, i. p. 33, pi. 4. figs. 8-11 (1906). 



Eggs of the Alpine Chough are similar to those of Graculus 

 r/racuhis, but smaller. They vary in length from 1-34 to l-o5, and 

 in breadth from 1 to 1*07. 



3. Europe. Old Collection. 



1. Lenk, Switzerland {Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



2. Parnassus, Greece, 20th May ( r. Seebohm Coll. 



K?ilper). 

 5. Parnassus, 22nd May (T. jST.). "VV. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



4. Parnassus, 22nd May (T. ^.). W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus CORCORAX, Lesson. 

 Corcorax melanorhamplius ( Vieill.). 



Corcorax melanorhamphus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 470 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. iii. p. 149 (1877) ; North, Nests S,' Eggs 

 Birds Austr. p. 189 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 I. p. 65, pi. (1901) ; North, Nests S( Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 21 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 628 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 364 (1910). 



Eggs of the White-winged Chough are of a broad or regular 

 oval shape, somewhat pointed, and distinctly glossy. The ground 

 is creamy-white, with rather large scattered blotches and spots of 



