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made upon their receipt. Unfortunately, Mr. Zohrab's eggs 

 had been packed in sawdust, and as most of this had filtered 

 out in transit, there were but few specimens undamaged when 

 I unpacked them, and the salvage from the terrible wreck was 

 indeed small. However, I managed to save a few interesting 

 examples, which I have still in my collection. There were 

 also many others of interest, though hopelessly damaged, and 

 I was able to compare the pieces with perfect eggs in my 

 collection before throwing them away. 



The species repi*esented in the series were the following : — 



TuRDUs Musicus, Liuu. 



Two specimens, rather pale in colour, but otherwise not 

 differing from British examples. 



TURDUS TORQUATUS, LiuU. 



A single specimen in autumn plumage, which agrees closely 

 with the British form. It does not possess the broad white 

 margins to the feathers which distinguish the form noticed 

 by Stejneger (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 365) as dis- 

 tinct from T. iorquatus under the name Turdus alpestris, 

 Brehm. 



" MoNTICOLA SAXATILIS (LinU.). 



One adult female, in full plumage. 



Saxicola <enanthe (Linn.) . 



Six specimens, all in adult plumage. This species is 

 noted as being very numerous. 



Saxicola isabellina, Riipp. 

 One adult bird. 



Saxicola finschi, Heugl. 



Two males, in adult dress, agreeing closely with specimens 

 obtained in the Taurus by Mr. C. G. Danford. This Chat 

 breeds near Erzeroom, as eggs were sent by Mr. Zohrab 

 which closely agreed with authentic eggs in my collection, 

 but they were in such a hopelessly smashed state that I 

 could not possibly mend them. 



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