144 TPRDIDJ5. 



Cyanecula cyanecula ( Wolf). 



Cyanecula cserulecula, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 27. fig. 6(1855-63). 

 Cyanecula wolfi, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 311 (1874); Oates, Fauna 



Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 100 (1890). 

 Erithacua cyaneculus, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 311 (1881). 



Cyanecula cyanecula, Sharpe, llaad-l. iv. p. 153 (1903). 



It would be impossible to separate the eggs of the White-spotted 

 Blue-throat in the Collection from those of the lled-spotted form, 

 though at a casual glance the former may seem a trifle more highly 

 coloured. 



Certainly, among them is a remarkable clutch from Valkenswaard 

 (Seebohm Collection) which appears quite brilliant among its more 

 sombre neighbours. These eggs have a bright greenish-blue ground, 

 clouded, streaked, and blotched with rich rufous-brown of a soft and 

 agreeable tint, the markings increasing gradually in number and 

 density from one end to the other, and forming a conspicuous cap, 

 in one instance at the smaller end. 



In size the eggs of this species vary from *62 to *8 in length, and 

 from "5 to "6 in breadth. 



G. Holland. Crowlev Bequest. 



3. Holland (J. Baker). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Valkenswaard, Holland. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Valkenswaard. 10th May (C. B. Wharton Seebohm Coll. 



8f II. Seebohm). 



5. Valkenswaard, 21st May ( C.B. W.^H.S.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Valkenswaard, 25th May ( C.B. W&EJS.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Valkenswaard, 27th May {C.B. 1V.MI.S.). Seebohm Coll. 

 3. Valkenswaard, 28th May {C.B. W.fyH.S.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Valkenswaard. 28th May (C. B. Jf'.MI.S.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Valkenswaard. 28th May ( C.B. W.MI.S.). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Valkenswaard, 29th May {C.B.W.fyH.S.). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Valkenswaard, 29th May {C.B.W.$H.S.). Seebohm Coll. 



G. Valkenswaard, 1st May. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Valkenswaard. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Valkenswaard. Crowlev Bequest. 



5. Belgium, 26th May (C. B. W. 8f II. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus AEDON, Forst. 

 Aedon megarhyncha (Brehm). 



(Plate VIII. figs. 5 & 9.) 



Sylvia luscinia, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxi. fig. 2, a c(1845 -"il). 

 Philomela luscinia, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 27. fig. 4 (1855 63); 



TLewitson, Eggs of Brit. Eggs, i. p. 124, pi. xxxiii. figs, i & ii (1856). 

 Dauliaa luscinia, Dresser, Birds Fur. ii. p. 363 (1876). 

 Erithacua luscinia, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B.M. v. p. 294 (1881); id. Brit. 



Birds, i. p. 27<5, pi. 9 (188:}) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 185, pi. 51. 



figs. 10 & 11 (1896). 

 Aedon megarhyncha, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 1 .V. ( l!)03). 



There is not much variation in the eggs of the Nightingale, 

 though they may be separated into two types, having the same 

 bluish-green ground, but differing in the amount and appearance of 



