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6. Elbeuf, France (Noury : Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). 

 5. Vosges Mts., France, April (Mougel : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 5. Vosges Mts.. April (Mougel: Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll). 



5. Valkenswaard, Holland, May Seebohm Coll. 



(J. Harrison: Hargitt Coll.). 



6. Valkenswaard, 21st May (C. B. Seebohm Coll. 



Wharton % H. Seebohm). 



7. Sundal Valley, Norway, 22nd Dr. K. Bowdler Sharpe [P.], 



June. 



1. Lapland. Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



4. Petchora River, Lat. 65| N., 10th Seebohm Coll. 



June (H. Seebohm $ J. A. 



Harvie- Brown) . 



3. Reval, Baltic Provs., 15th June. Seebohm Coll. 



(Russow). 



4. Brunswick, 2nd May (E. V. Seebohm Coll. 



6. Pomerania, 3rd May (T. Holland). Seebohm Coll. 

 Phoenicurus mesoleucus (Hempr. $ Ehr.). 



Ruticilla mesoleuca, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 285 (1876) ; Danford, Ibis, 

 1878, p. 14 ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 338 (1881) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 40 (1899). 



Phoanicurus mesoleucus, Sharpe , Hand-l. iv. p. 150 (1903). 



The eggs of Ehrenberg's Eedstart are indistinguishable from 

 those of P. phcenicurus. They measure from '72 to -8 in length, 

 and from -55 to '58 in breadth. 



5. Taurus Mountains, Asia Minor, Seebohm Coll. 

 25th April (C. G. Danford). 



1. Taurus Mountains, 26th April Seebohm Coll. 



(C. G.D.). 



2. Altai Mountains (Nehrkorn Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



Phcenicurus titys (Scop.). 



Sylvia tithys, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxii. fig. 8, a-c (1845-53). 

 Ruticilla tithys, Baedeker, JEier Eur. Vog. tab. 27. fig. 9 (1855-63) ; 



Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 210; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 339 



(1881) ; id. Brit. Birds, i. p. 293, pi. 9 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. 



Birds, p. 187, pi. 51. fig. 5 (1896). 

 Phoenicura tithys, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 105, pi. xxix. 



fig. iii (1856). 



Ruticilla titys, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 293 (1894). 

 Phoenicurus titys, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 150 (1903). 



In shape the eggs of the Black Redstart vary from a broad to 

 a rather long oval. They are pure white, unspotted, and very 

 glossy, measuring from -68 to -82 in length, and from '54 to '62 in 

 breadth. 



