no 



TUimiDJE. 



4. Portclair, Tiear Fort Augustus, 

 L2th May {Hargitt Coll.). 



4. Ashopton, Derbyshire, 19th April 

 (H. SeeboJim). 



4. Edwinstow, Nottingham, 7th May 



{H. S.). 

 2. Edwinstow, 7th May (H. S.). 



5. Cambridge ( W. Farren). 



4. Sparham, Norfolk, 30th March 

 (F. Norgate). 



4. Sparham, 10th April (F. N.). 



5. Sparham, 1st May (F. N.). 



4. Haddeidiam, Bucks, 22nd May. 



5. Cookham, Berkshire, May. 



4. Oakhanger, June. 



5. Tilford, Surrey. 

 4. Tilford. 



4. Tilford. 



5. Crawley, Sussex, 20th May. 

 4. Crawley, 20th May. 



4. Esthonia, Baltic Provs., 30th April 



(Hussow). 



1. Malaga, Spain (H. Saunders). 

 3. Olympus, Greece, 28th April 



(T. Kruper). 



2. Kotegarh, Himalayas, 6th April. 



5. Kotegarh, ^2nd June. 



0. Altai Mountains, 2nd May. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P. 

 Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Turdus pilaris, Linn. 

 (Plate VIII. figs. 19 & 22.) 



Tur 



•dus pilaris, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Yog. tab. xxiv. fig. 19, a -c (1845 

 54j ; Baedeker, Eier Fur. Fog. tab. i. fig. 2, tab. 7'>. fig. 2 (1855 

 63) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 84, pi. xxiv. fig. iii ( L856) ; 

 Dre^cr, Birds Fur. ii. p. 41 (1871); Wheelwright, Spring 8f 

 Summer in La/)/, p. 282 (1871) ; Seebohm fy Harme-Brotvn, Ibis, 

 1876, p. L25; Seebohm, Ms, 1879, p. 2; id. Cat. Birds B. M. v. 

 p. 205 (1881); id. Brit. Birds, i. p. 228, pi. 8(1883); id. Eggs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 180, pi. 50. rigs. 7,0 (1896); Sharpe in Seebohm's 

 Mon. Turdidce, i. p. 201 (1898) ; id. lland-l. iv. p. 138 (1903). 



Much variation occurs in the form and size of the eggs of the 

 Fieldfare, but they are still more variable in coloration. The 

 ground-colour is tolerably constant, ranging from a pale bluish- 

 green to a tint almost as bright and strong as that of the Song- 

 Thrush's egg. 



The rich reddish-brown markings, however, are so different in 

 their character, as to suggest a division into types as follows : — 

 (i.) A small densely freckled egg which may be compared to that of 

 the Redwing ; (ii.) a more heavily streaked and larger egg, the 

 markings evenly distributed over the whole surface; (iii.) eggs with 

 similar streaks, but these of a brighter colour and collected into a 

 cap at the larger end. Types ii. and iii. may be likened respectively 

 to the duller and more handsome forms of the Blackbird's eggs. 



