STONE CHAT. 75 



The eggs, generally five or six in number, rarely 

 seven, are of a pale greyish or greenish blue colour, 

 the larger end minutely speckled with dull reddish 

 brown. They are laid the middle or latter end of 

 April, sometimes in the earlier part of that month, and 

 have been known so late as the i2th. of July perhaps 

 a second brood. 



One variety is grounded with a dull greyish green, 

 marked with very small pale dull reddish spots all over. 



A second is of a dull greyish white, marked with 

 small reddish spots chiefly at the thicker end, and 

 other minute yellowish ones all over. 



A third is of a pale dull grey green, with some 

 light reddish spots over the surface. 



