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4. Dauphin^, S.E. France (//. Seebohm Coll. 



Saunders). 



3. Malaga, Spain, 9th May (H. Seebohm Coll. 



Saunders) . 



2. Germany. Gould Coll. 



4. Saxony (Charbonnier : Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). 



4. Brunswick, 14th May. Seebobm Coll. 



5. Altenkirchen, 17th May (Saehse). Seebohm Coll. 



3. 1 Jresden. Crowley Bequest. 

 5. Bohemia, 2nd May (W. Schliiter). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Delphi, Greece, 5th May. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Parnassus, Gth May (Seebohm 8f Seebohm Coll. 



Kriiper). 



2. Parnassus, 24th May {S. $ K.). Seebohm Coll. 



- r >. Parnassus (T. Kruper). Crowley Bequest. 



Phcenicurus rufiventris (Vieill.). 



Ruticilla rufiventris, Seebohm, Cat. Birds 11. M. v. p. 342 (1881) ; Pit ih . 

 Prjev. Reisen, A ves, p. 54 (1889) ; Oaten, Fauna Brit, lad., Birds, 

 ii. p. 95 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 01 

 (1890) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. i. p. 0(39 (1894) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 40 (1899). 



Phcenicurus rufiventris, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 151 (1903). 



Three eggs of the Indian Redstart in the Collection resemble 

 those of P. phoenicurus, but are somewhat paler in colour. They 

 measure respectively : -79 by -59 ; -78 by '6 ; # 78 by -6. 



3. Koko-nor (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Phcenicurus semirufus (Hempr. <$■ Ehr.). 



Ruticilla semirufa, Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 87; Seebohm, Cat. Birds 11. M . 



v. p. 344 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. j>. 40 (1899). 

 Phoenicurus semirufus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 151 (1903). 



The eggs of the Palestine Redstart in the Collection resemble 

 those of P. phoenicurus. Two examples measure respectively : '75 

 by -56 ; -71 by -56. 



2. Meiruba, Lebanon, Palestine, Crowley Bequest. 



18th June (II. B. Tristram). 



Phcenicurus auroreus (Gm.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 5.) 



Ruticilla aurorea, Tacz. J. f. O. 1872, p. 362, 1873, taf. i. fig. 11; 



Seebohm, Cat. Hints 11. M. v. p. 345 (1881) ; Oates. Fauna Brit. 



Ind., Birds, ii. p. '.).'! (1890) ; Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, i. p. 326 



(1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 40 (1899). 

 Phoenicurus auroreus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 151 (1903). 



Eggs of the Daurian Redstart are of a broad oval shape, 

 moderately glossy, and of a very pale blue colour, speckled and 



