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MUSCICAPIPJE. 



2. 



4. 



Eoval, Baltic Provs., IStli Juuc 



(IlHSSOIV). 



Berlin {T. Holland). 



Austria, 2oth Maj^ 



Parnassus, Greece, 20tli May {T. 



Krilper). 

 Mt. llermon, Palestine, 13tli May 



{II. B. Tristram). 

 Safed, Palestine, 14th May {II. 



B. T.). 

 Afghanistan, 3rcT June ( W. li. 



Wardlaio-Iiamsay) . 



Seebolim Coll. 



Seebolnu Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebolim Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Seebobm Coll. 



Gemis HEDYMELA, Sundev. 



Hedymela atricapilla {Linn.). 



Muscicapa 'atricapilla, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vd(/. p. 303, tab. xxix. 

 fifj. 9, a, b (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vd</. tab. 52. iij^:. 12 

 (1855-63) ; Hctvitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 75, pi. xxi. {\\i;. ii 

 (1850); Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 453(1875); SharjU', Cat. Birds 

 B. M. iv. p. 157 (1879) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds,i. p. 328, pi. 9 (1883) ; 

 id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, ]>. 192, pi. 52. fig. 2 (1896). 



Muscicapa luctuosa, Sahnn, Ihis, 1859, p. 311. 

 Hedymela atricapilla, Sharpe, Ilaml-l. iii. p. 2K 



(1901). 



The eggs of the Pied Flycatcher are of an oval form, with the 

 smaller end generally verj^ sharply jjointcd, and they are iisually 

 extremely glossy. They vary in colour from a very delicate 

 pale blue to a fairly dark blue. It is stated that some eggs are 

 occasionally speckled with pale reddish brown, but all the specimens 

 in the National Collection are quite plain. They measure from '63 

 to '78 in length, and from "47 to '57 in breadth. A small specimen 

 from Norway measures only '61 by "41, but another from Algeria, 

 the largest in the series, measures '78 by 'G. 



6. Cumberland (Hej/slunn). 



4. Penrith, Cumberland, June {Iley- 



sJiam). 

 20. Keswick, Cumberland (/•'. Nichol- 

 son : Haryitt Coll.). 



G. Carlisle. 



8. New Forest, 23rd May {II. 

 Saunders). 



3. Gefle, Sweden, 7th June {Meves). 



5. Christiana, Norway (B. Collett: 



llarijitt Coll.). 



4. Norway, 23rd May (/. Lysne). 



5. Copenhagen, 17th June. 

 5. Quickiock, Lapland, 12th June 



(//. W. Wheelwright). 



5. Pomerania, 14th May ( T. Holland). 



6. Pomerania, 24th May {T. II.). 

 6. Pomerania, 26th May (7'. //.). 

 1. Madracen, Algeria, SOtli Mav 



{O.Salrin). 



Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godnian Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salviu-(Todnian Coll. 



