354 REGULUS MADERENSIS. MOTACILLA LUGUBRIS. 



REGULUS MADERENSIS, Vernon- Harcourt. 

 [^ 1817. T'^'o.— Madeira. From Dr. Guilleinard, 1889. 



These were obtained by Padre Ernesto Schmidz, of the Jesuit establishment 

 in Madeira, to whom they were brought with the nest, unfortunately not 

 preserved, as those of the Bibis, or Regulus maderensis; and Dr. Guillemavd 

 thinks that they are so, though they are not Reffulus-Wke in general appearance, 

 being white freckled with pale orange spots, so as to resemble eggs of a Parus 

 or Phylloscopus. Eggs of this species do not seem to have been obtained 

 before.] 



MOTACILLA LUGUBRIS, Temmiuck. 

 PIED WAGTAIL. 



^ 1818. 7^0.— Beeston. Not later than 1843. 



From a Robin's nest in ivy at tlie top of a wall which had been 

 robbed of its contents about a fortnight before it was taken posses- 

 sion of by the Wagtails. My brother George substituted Sparrow's 

 eggs, one by one, as the Wagtail laid, till he had got five eggs. The 

 supposititious eggs disappeared soon afterwards, as the Robin's had 

 done before. George repeatedly saw the bird on the nest. 



[§ 1819. r«;o.— Elveden, April, 1847.] 



[^ 1820. 0;?^.— Elveden, April, 1848.] 



[§ 1821. 0;«^.— Elveden, 1849.] 



[^ 1822. Four. — Elveden, June and July, 1851. From two 

 nests.] 



[\ 1823. 7^^/,-o.— Elveden, April, 1852.] 



[\ 1824. T?ro.~Elveden, May, 1853.] 



