138 TURDIDJS. 



Genus MICROCICHLA, Sharpe. 



Microcichla scouleri ( Vig.). 



Microcichla scouleri, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 322 (1883) ; Gates, 

 Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, ii. p. 88 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Egys 

 Ind. Birds, ii. p. 62 (1890) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 195 ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 149 (1903). 



Three eggs of the Little Pork-tail are of a somewhat broad oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. Two are white, speckled and spotted, 

 chiefly at the broad end, with bright chestnut and lilac. The 

 third has a dead white ground on which are a few dots arid 

 small spots of brownish red, chiefly towards the larger end. They 

 measure respectively : -79 by *6 ; *77 by '59 ; -77 by *58. 



2. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, March 0. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



(J. D. La Touche}. 



1. Kuatun, 25th April (J. D. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



La Touche). 



Genus PHOENICURITS, Forster. 



Phcenicurus phcenicurus (Linn.). 



Sylvia phcenicurus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxii. fig. 9, a, b 



(1845-54). 

 Ruticilla phoenicura, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 27. fig. 8 (1855-63) ; 



Seebohm # Harvie-Broivn, Ibis, 1876, p. 215. 

 Phoenicura ruticilla, Heivitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 104, pi. xxix. 



fig. ii (1856). 

 Ruticilla phcenicurus, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 277 (1874) ; Seebohm, 



Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 336 (1881) ; id. Brit. Birds, \. p. 287, pi. 9 



(1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 187, pi. 51. fig. 12 (1896). 

 Pho3nicurus phoenicurus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 150 (1903). 



Eggs of the Redstart, of which there is a considerable series in 

 the National Collection, do not vary except in size and shape. 

 They are of a delicate pale blue, spotless and glossy, measuring 

 from '65 to '85 in length, and from *52 to '6 in breadth. 



4. Invermorriston, Inverness ( Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.}. 



6. Lakefield, Glen Urquhart, Inver- Seebohm Coll. 

 ness, 29th May (Hargitt Coll). 



5. Cambridgeshire. F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Cambridgeshire. F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Cambridgeshire. F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Granchester, Cambridge, 28th Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



May (O. Salfin). 



6. Norfolk, 4th June (F. Norgate}. Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Norfolk, 18th May (F. N.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Hampstead, Middlesex (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll.'> 



5. Kenwood, Hampstead (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll', 

 o. Churt, Surrey. Crowley Bequest. 



