506 CORVID Be 
4, Kerry, 8th May (R. J. U.). Seebohm Coll. 
8. Spanish side of Pyrenees (Tris- Crowley Bequest. 
tram Coll.). 
5. Zelengora, Bosnia, 16th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
[P.]. 
1. Algeria. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
1. Chumbi, Tibet, 8th May (J. Hume Coll. 
Mandell), 
Genus PYRRHOCORAX, Vieill. 
Pyrrhocorax alpinus, Vieil/. 
Corvus pyrrhocorax, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xlii. figs. 2, a-d 
(1845-54), 
Pyrrhocorax alpinus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M, iii. p. 148 (1877 
Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 44 (1889); Seebohm, Eggs of 
Brit. Birds, p. 229, pl. 55. fig. 4 (1896) ; Newton, Ootheca Wolleyana, 
pt. il. p. 4738 (1902); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 406 (1902) ; 
et Hand-l. v. p. 627 (1909); Nekrk. Kat. Liersammil. p. 364 
(1910). 
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Rey, Lier Vog. Mitteleurop. i. p. 868 (1904), 
pl. 49. figs. 8-11 (1900). 
Pyrrhocorax graculus, Hartert, Voy. pal. Faun. i. p. 86 (1908) ; Jourd. 
Eggs Europ. Birds, i. p. 33, pl. 4. figs, 8-11 (1906). 
Eggs of the Alpine Chough are similar to those of Graculus 
graculus, but smaller. They vary in length from 1:34 to 1:55, and 
in breadth from 1 to 1:07. 
3. Europe. Old Collection. 
1. Lenk, Switzerland (Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
2. Parnassus, Greece, 20th May (T. Seebohm Coll. 
Kriiper). 
5. Parnassus, 22nd May (7. K.). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
(ies 
4, Parnassus, 22nd May (7. K.). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
pene 
Genus CORCORAX, Lesson. 
Corcorax melanorhamphus ( Vieill.). 
Corcorax melanorhamphus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr.i. p. 470 (1865) ; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 149 (1877); North, Nests § Eggs 
Birds Austr. p. 189 (1889); Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, 
i. p. 65, pl. (1901); North, Nests § Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 21 
(1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 628 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Ler- 
sammi, p. 364 (1910). 
Eges 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 
