PRATICOLA RUBETRA. RUTICILLA MOUSSIERI. 303 



PRATICOLA RUBETRA (Limueus). 



WHIN-CHAT. 



§ 1399. One. — (Efre-Muonioniska, East Bothnia, IS 54. 



From a nest of four or five in ffifrebyn, apparently Whincliat'sj 

 not an uncommon bird here. There was a nest near this house 

 [Muoniovara]^ the young of which are now {7th July) flown. 



[§ 1400. y'«;o.— Feltwell Fen, Norfolk, 1852.] 



[§ 1401. i^/i-^.— Lackford, Suffolk, 27 May, 1852. " A. & 

 E. N."] 



[§ 1402. i^/i^e.— Elveden, 31 May, 1852. "A. & E. N." 



This nest took a long time to find. While waiting for the hen bird to 

 appear, the cock, who was watching us as anxiously as we were watching 

 him, shewed us two other nests — a Linnet's aod a Sky-Lark's, each with young 

 in it — that were within his beat. We could hardly resist the belief that his 

 behaviour Avas intentional.] 



[§ 1403. Seven.— ^i. Neot's, Hnntingdonshire, 24 May, 1864. 

 From Mr. Rowley. 



Mr. Rowley writes that he himself picked up this nest. One of the eggs is 

 very small.] 



RUTICILLA MOUSSIERI (Olphe-Galliard). 



\S 1404. One.—Ys\\\i^\\ M'satka, 25 April, 1857. From Mr. 

 Salvin. 



Mr. Salvin's note-book states that this &^g was taken on the same occasion, 

 though not from the same nest, as one from which Mr. Simpson (Hudleston) 

 saw the bird. His full remarks on the habits, nidification, and eggs of this 

 species are published in 'The Ibis ' for 1859 (pp. u07, .308).] 



[§ 1405. One. — Chemora, Algeria, 2 June, 1857. From Mr. 

 Tristram. 



Taken by himself. The Canon's notes on this Inrd will be found in ' The 

 Ibis ' for 1859 (pp. 410, 417).] 



