160 TURDIDiE. 



6. Brighton, May. Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 



6. Churt, Surrey, June. Crowley Bequest. 



6. Churl. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Churt. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Churt, May. Gould Coll. 



6. Elbeuf, France {Noury : liar gift Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). 



4. Yalkenswaard, Holland, 27th May Seebohm Coll. 

 (H. Seebohm). 



4. Valkenswaard, 29th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Malaga, Spain, 10th May (Ruiz). Seebohm Coll. 

 3. Parnassus, Greece, 7th May (H. See- Seebohm Coll. 



bohm Sf T.Kruper). 



2. Tunis. Louis Fraser, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Khifan M'Sakta, Algeria, 13th April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(0. Salvin). 



Pratincola sybilla (Linn.). 



Fratincola torquata, Milne-Edwards fy Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Maduy., 



Ois. p. 338, pi. 303. fig. 5 (1879). 

 Pratincola sybilla, lioch $■ E. Newton, Ibis, 1862, p. 272 ; E. Newton, 



Ibis, 1863, p. 345, pi. xiii. fig. 2; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B.M.iv. 



p. 191 (1879); Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 148 (1882); 



Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 25(1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 172 



(1903). 



Closely resembling bright-coloured eggs of P. rubicola, those of 

 the Madagascar Stonechat have the ground-colour of a more 

 pleasing tint of delicate bluish-green, and the markings bolder and 

 richer. They vary in size from '65 to '76 in length, and from "52 

 to *00 in breadth. 



14. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



3. Madagascar, May (E. Newton : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. Madagascar (Tristram (oil.). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Fianarantsoa, Madagascar. W. Radcliile-Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Pratincola maura (Pall.). 



Pratincola rubicola, pt. Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 263 (1873). 

 Pratincola maura, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 188 (1879) ; Ward/aic- 



Ixfimsay, Ibis, 18*0, p. 55; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 61 



(ISDO)*; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eyys Ind. Birds, ii. p. 48(1890); 



Seebohm, Birds Japan. Emp. p. 57 (1890); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. 



p. 172 (1903). 

 Pratincola indica, Tacz. Faune Orn. Sibe'r. Orient, i. p. 355 (1891). 



The eggs of the Asiatic Stonechat resemble those of P. rubicola, 

 and are subject to the same variations. Thoy are, however, rather 

 smaller, measuring from *6 to '75 in length, and from # 48 to *58 

 in breadth. 



Eggs taken in Afghanistan show but the faintest trace of tho 

 ground-colour. In one clutch they are densely freckled with 

 brownish pink ; in another with very pale yellowish brown. 



