lot Mr. II. E. Dresser on rare ami 



XXX 111. — On sonic ran- and iiiijii/urcil Eggs of Pnhoarctic 

 Birds. By 11. E. Dresser, F.Z.S. &c. 



(Plate X.) 



The eggs represented in the accompanying Plate have all been 



received from Mr. N. Zarudny, and are, I believe, now figured 

 for the first time. The field-notes respecting the species have 

 been communicated to me by the same gentleman, at whose 

 request I have great pleasure in publishing them. 



(1) Saxicola chrysopygia (De Filippi). Red-tailed- 

 Wheatear. (PI. X. tig. 15.) 



OF this species only the single egg now figured was sent ; 

 it was obtained by Mr. Zarudny on the 25th of May, 1892, 

 in Transcaspia. The nest of this 'Wheatear is, like that of 

 its allies, placed on the ground in stony places, and usually 

 on mountain-sides, at varying altitudes, from the base of the 

 hills to a considerable height. The eggs are white, Midi a 

 bluish tinge, very finely dotted at the larger end with pale 

 red. The specimen figured measures (Y77 by 0'65 inch. 



(2) Lusciniola indica (Jerdon). Indian Hill- Warbler. 

 (PI. X. figs. 14, 1(5.) 



Of this bird 1 have received a clutch of three eggs, which 

 were taken by Mr. 15. \l. Kareeff at Tyschkan, Djarkensky 

 Uyest, on the 30th of May, L899, from a nest on the 

 southern slope of the Boro-choro Mountain. The nest was 

 placed in a dense patch of nettles, about a foot above the 

 ground, in a place where' small hushes and high grass were 

 intermingled, and where junipers were growing on the cliffs, 

 at an altitude of about ()■"><)() feet. 



The measurements of the nest (text-fig. 12, p. 10.")) are as 

 follows : — 



iiini. in. 



I Vdiii IVmit in back , . L15 ( t'52) 



From righl to left 135 (■".■:;i | 



Smallest diameter 70 (-'"•">) 



I [eight of entrance-hole 45 ( 1 •") 



Width of entrance-hole 48 (1-89) 



The outer wall of the nest is composed of grass bents ami 



