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surface with small wood-brown spots ; they much resembled 

 those of Tardus meruit/. 



Eggs of Melanocorypha maxima resembled those of Melano- 

 corypha calandra, but were larger and darker. 



Eggs of Melanocorypha mongolica collected by Prjevalski 

 were of the Calandra type, and one clutch had dull wood- 

 brown spots, almost confluent at the larger end. 



Eggs of Lusciniola armandi were white, with pale red 

 spots, and somewhat resembled those of certain Titmice, but 

 the spots were paler. 



'Eggs of Acroceji/ialus agricola obtained by Mr. Zarudny 

 were greenish white, closely marked with dark greenish 

 brown. 



Eggs of Calliope tschebaievi were very pale uniform blue, 

 unmarked. 



All the eggs of Babax lanceolatas were of a rich dark 

 blue, darker iu tone than those of Accentor /nodularis, and 

 unspotted. 



Eggs of Bucanetes mongolicus were white, with a faint 

 bluish tinge, sparingly dotted at the larger end with black. 



Eggs of Montifringilla davidiana were, like all the eggs of 

 Montifringilla and Leucosticte which I have seen, pure white, 

 and measured about 20 by 11 mm. 



Only one clutch of the eggs of Pterorhinus davidi was in 

 the Museum ; these were pale blue, marked with small black 

 spots and with a wreath of black scratches and wavy lines 

 round the larger end. 



Two eggs of Trochaloplerum ellioti from Kan-su resembled 

 the foregoing, but were much less marked. 



Synthliborhamphus antiquus deposits two eggs in a hole in 

 the ground, which, as shown by von Schrenck (' Vogel des 

 Amur-Landes/ Taf. xvi. figs. 2, 3), are dissimilar, one being 

 pale olive-brown sparsely spotted with underlying lilac-grey 

 and dull brown surface-spots, the other having the ground- 

 colour pale greyish clay or creamy, not olive-brown. 



I had not time to examine any birds, and not even all 

 the eggs that I wished to see, as Dr. Bianchi was obliged to 

 leave St. Petersburg on the 4th of June, but he shewed me a 



