138 TURDIDJE. 



Genus MICROCICHLA, Sharpe. 



Microcichla scouleri ( Vig.). 



Microcichla scouleri, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Ii. M. vii. p. 322 (1883); Orrtes, 

 Fauna Brit. Ltd., Birds, ii. p. 88 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests § E</ys 

 Ind. Birds, ii. p. 62 (1890) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 195; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 149 (1903). 



Three eggs of the Little Pork-tail are of a somewhat broad oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. Two are white, speckled and spotted, 

 chiefly at the broad end, with bright chestnut aud lilac. The 

 third has a dead white ground on which are a few dots and 

 small spots of brownish red, chiefly towards tho larger end. They 

 measure respectively : -79 by -6 ; *77 by '59 ; -77 by '58. 



2. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, March C. B. Kickett, Esq. [P.]. 



(J. _D. La Touche). 

 1. Kuatun, 26th April (J. D. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



La Touche). N 



Genus PHCENICURUS, Forster. 



Phcenicurus phcenicurus {Linn.). 



Sylvia phcenicurus, Thidn. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxii. fig. 9, a, b 



(1845-54). 

 Ruticilla phcenicura, Baedeker, Eier Eur. f'w/. tab. 27. fig. 8 (1855-63) ; 



Seebohm 8f Harvie-Brovm, Ibis, 1876, p, 215. 

 Phcenicura ruticilla, Heivitson, Eggs of Brit, Birds, i. p. 104, pi. xxix. 



fig. ii (1856). 

 Ruticilla phcenicurus, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 277 (1874); Seebohm, 



Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 336 (1881) ; id. Brit. Birds. i. y. 287, pi. ( J 



(1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birch, p. 187, pi. 51. fig. 12 (1896). 

 Phcenicurus phcenicurus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 150 (1903). 



Eggs of the Redstart, of which there is a considerable series in 

 the National Collection, do not vary except in size and shape. 

 They are of a delicate pale blue, spotless and glossy, measuring 

 from *65 to *85 in length, and from *52 to *6 in breadth. 



4. Invennorriston, Inverness ( Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). 



6. Lakefield, Glen Urquhart, lnver- Seebohm Coll. 

 ness, 29th May (Hargitt Coll). 



5. Cambridgeshire. F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Cambridgeshire. 1'. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Cambridgeshire. F. Bond, Esq. [P.J. 



5. Granchester, Cambridge, 28th Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



May {O. Salvin). 



6. Norfolk, 4th June (F. Norgate). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Norfolk, 18th .May ( F. N.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Hampsti ad, Middlesex (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. Kenwood, Ilampstead (0. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 •"!. Churt, Surrey. Crowley Bequest. 



