140 TFEDID^E. 



4. Dauphine", S.E. France (H. Seebohm Coll. 



Saunders). 



3. Malaga, Spain, 9th May (H. Seebohm Coll. 



Saunders). 



2. Germany. Gould Coll. 



4. Saxony ( Charbonnier : Rargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.}. 



4. Brunswick, 14th May. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Altenkirchen, 17th May (Sachse). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Dresden. Orowley Bequest. 

 5. Bohemia, 2nd May (W. Schluter}. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Delphi, Greece, 5th May. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Parnassus, 6th May (Seebohm 8f Seebohm Coll. 



Kmper). 



2. Parnassus, 24th May (8. $K.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Parnassus ( T. Krilper). Crowley Bequest. 



Phcenicurus rufiventris (Vieill.}. 



Kuticilla rufiventris, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 342 (1881) ; Pleske, 

 Prjev. Reisen, Aves, p. 54 (1889) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 ii.'p. 95 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 64 

 (1890) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. i. p. 669 (1894) j Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml 

 p. 40 (1899). 



Phoenicurus rufiventris, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 151 (1903). 



Three eggs of the Indian Redstart in the Collection resemble 

 those of P. phoenicurus, but are somewhat paler in colour. They 

 measure respectively : '79 by -59 ; -78 by '6 ; -78 by -6. 



3. Koko-nor (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Phoenicurus semirufus (Hempr. <$? Ehr.\ 



Ruticilla semirufa, Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 87; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. 



v. p. 344 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 40 (1899). 

 Phoenicurus semirufus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 151 (1903). 



The eggs of the Palestine Redstart in the Collection resemble 

 those of P. phoenicurus. Two examples measure respectively : *75 

 by -56 ; -71 by '56. 



2. Meiruba, Lebanon, Palestine, Crowley Bequest. 



18th June (H. B. Tristram). 



Phcenicurus auroreus ((7m.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 5.) 



Ruticilla aurorea, Tacz. J. f. O. 1872, p. 362, 1873, taf. i. fig. 11 ; 



Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 345 (1881) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. 



Ind., Birds, ii. p. 93 (1890) ; Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, i. p. 326 



(1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 40 (1899). 

 Phoenicurus auroreus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 151 (1903). 



Eggs of the Daurian Redstart are of a broad oval ~ shape, 

 moderately glossy, and of a very pale blue colour, speckled and 



