SAXICOLA. 



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4. Lapland (A. Newton). 



2. Sweden. 



6. Petchora River, Lat. 68° N., 26th 



June (H. Seebohm fy J. A. 



Harvie-Broiori) . 

 6. Parnassus, Greece, 8th May (H. 



Seebohm 8f T. Kriiper). 



Salvin-Godnian Coll. 

 S. O. Sahlin, Esq. [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Saxicola stapazina {Linn.). 



Saxicola stapazina, Salvad. Ibis, 1904, p. 75. 



Saxicola aurita, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxiii. fig. 5, a-c, part. 



(1845-54) ; Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. p. 101, pi., part. (1875) ; 



Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 394, part. (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 41 (1899). 

 Saxicola albicollis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 176 (1903). 

 Saxicola amphileuca, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 176 (1903). 



A series of the eggs of the Eastern Black-eared Chat in the 

 Collection, chiefly from Greece and Palestine, do not differ much 

 inter se. The ground-colour is of a bright greenish-blue of a pleasing 

 tint, and the markings, which are usually collected together towards 

 the larger end in the form of a more or less perfect zone, consist 

 of spots of various shades of reddish- and lilac-brown. In some cases 

 the markings are very faint, but there are no actually spotless 

 forms in the series. 



Size from "71 to "85 in length, and from *55 to *61 in breadth. 



Parnassus, Greece, 4th May (H. 



Seebohm fy T. Kriiper). 

 Parnassus, 9th May (H. S. 8f T. K.) 

 Parnassus, 18th May (H. S. $ 



T. K). 

 Parnassus, 19th May (H. S. cy 



T. K). 

 Parnassus, 21st May (H. S. $ 



t. jr.). 



Smyrna, 30th April (T. Kriiper). 



Smyrna, 11th May (T. K). 



Palestine, 25th April (H. B. 

 Tristram). 



Mt. Tabor, 12th April {E. Bart- 

 lett : Tristram Coll.). 



Kulat es Shukif, Palestine, 28th 

 May (H. B. Tristram). 



Judsea, 23rd April (J. H. Coch- 

 rane : Tristram Coll.). 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Saxicola caterinsB, WhitaJcer. 



Saxicola aurita (nee Temm.), Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 307; Saunders, Ibis, 



1871, p. 211 ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 394, part. (1881). 

 Saxicola amphileuca (nee H. fy E.), Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 90 

 Saxicola caterinae, Whitaker, Ibis, 1898, p. 625 ; id. Bull. B. O. C. xii. 

 p. 78 (1902). 



As in the case of the eggs of the allied species S. melanoleuca 



