MERULA. 99 



" end. In some eggs all the markings are very fine and minute, 

 " laid on, as it were, with a very fine-pointed brush ; in others they 

 " are coarse and streaky, and occasionally bold, blotchy, and well 

 " defined. 



" Specimens occur which could scarcely be separated from 

 " varieties of the English Ring-Ouzel's egg. The eggs have usually 

 " a slight gloss, and some specimens are highly glossy. As already 

 " mentioned, in some examples secondary markings, small purple 

 " clouds and spots, appear to underlie the red-brown blotches." 



In size the eggs range from 1*02 to 1"30 in length, and from *78 

 to - 93 in breadth. 



Merula bourdilloni, Seebohm. 



Merula bourdilloni, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 251 (1881) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, ii. p. 125 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests Sf 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 91 (1890) ; Sharpe in Seebohni's Mon. 

 Turdidee, ii. p. 75 (1900) ; id. Hand-l. iv. p. 119 (1903). 



The egg of Bourdillon's Ouzel in the Collection, which is one of 

 those taken by Major Terry and mentioned in Hume's ' Nests and 



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