126 TUBPIDJ5. 



Three eggs of the Eastern Hermit-Thrush in the Collection 

 are of a regular or slightly broad oval form, fairly glossy, and of 

 a pale hlue colour, unspotted. They measure "83 by '69 ; '90 by '70 ; 

 and *90 by *70 respectively. 



3. Massachusetts. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Hylocichla guttata (Pall.). 



Turdus aonalashkse, Gm. Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 200 (1881) ; 



Sharpe in Seebohm's Mon. Turdida, i. p. 193 (1898). 

 Turdus guttatus, Ridgioay, Orn. 4Qtk Par. p. 393 (1875). 

 Hylocichla guttata, Merriam, $c. Auk, xix. p. 330 (1902): Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 143 (1903). 



There is a single egg in the Collection, from Fort Simpson, 

 which was originally included with those offf.pallasi just described, 

 but the bird from that locality has now been ascertained to be of the 

 present species. 



Like the eggs of H. pallasi, this is of a pale greenish-blue colour 

 and spotless. It measures '94 by *70. 



1. Fort Simpson. B. R. Ross, Esq. [P.]. 



Hylocichla iliaca (Linn.} 



Turdus iliacus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxiv. fig. 10, a-c (1845- 

 54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 4. fig. 4, tab. 74. fig. 4 (1855-63) ; 

 Heivitson, Egys of Brit. Birds, i. p. 87, pi. xxiv. figs, i & ii (1856) ; 

 Wheelwright, Spring 8f Summer in Lapl. p. 283 (1871) ; Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. ii. p. 35 (1872) ; Seebohm $ Harvie-Brown, Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 125 ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 3 ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 189 

 (1881) ; id. Brit. Birds, i. p. 220, pi. 8 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 179, pi. 50. figs. 5 & 8 (1896) ; Sharpe in Seebohm 's Mon. Turdidce, 

 i. p. 123 (1898) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 35 (1899). 



Hylocichla iliaca, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 143 (1903). 



The eggs of the Redwing are of a slightly elongated oval form, 

 broad or blunt ovals being exceptional. They show a considerable 

 amount of gloss. They are pale greenish blue, marked with various 

 shades of pale reddish brown ; the majority are freckled and streaked 

 very evenly and densely all over the surface of the shell ; a few are 

 less thickly and evenly blotched or streaked. There is a great 

 uniformity in the coloration of the eggs of the Redwing, and there 

 is little tendency towards the formation of any cap or gathering of 

 the markings at the broad end. Most of the specimens in the 

 Collection have a few and insignificant black specks and short hair- 

 lines about the broader end, extending to the middle of the egg in 

 some cases. Examples measure from -9 to 1*1 in length, and from 

 7 to '81 in breadth. 



6. Molde, Norway (H. Seebohm). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Bodo, Norway, 28th May (F. D. fy Salvin-Godman Coll. 



P. Godman). 



6. Bodo, 28th May (F. D. & P. G.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 1. Bodo, 18th June (F. D. $ P. G. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



