144 TPRDIDJ3. 



Cyanecula cyanecula (Wolf}. 



Cyanecula cserulecula, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Voa. tab. 27. fig. 6 (1855-63). 

 Cyanecula wolfi, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 311 (1874) ; Oates, fauna 



Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 100 (1890). 



Erithacus cyaneculus, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 311 (1881). 

 Cyanecula cyanecula, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 153 (1903). 



It would be impossible to separate the eggs of the White-spotted 

 Blue-throat in the Collection from those of the Red-spotted form, 

 though at a casual glance the former may seem a trifle more highly 

 coloured. 



Certainly, among them is a remarkable clutch from Valkenswaard 

 (Seebohm Collection) which appears quite brilliant among its more 

 sombre neighbours. These eggs have a bright greenish-blue ground, 

 clouded, streaked, and blotched with rich rufous-brown of a soft and 

 agreeable tint, the markings increasing gradually in number and 

 density from one end to the other, and forming a conspicuous cap, 

 in one instance at the smaller end. 



In size the eggs of this species vary from *62 to '8 in length, and 

 from *5 to '6 in breadth. 



6. Holland. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Holland (J. Baker}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Valkenswaard, Holland. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Valkenswaard, 10th May (C. B. Wharton Seebohm Coll. 



$ H. Seebohm). 



5. Valkenswaard, 21st May ( C. B. W.fyH.S.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Valkenswaard, 25th May ( C.B. W.fyH.S.}. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Valkenswaard, 27th May (C.B. W.fyH.S.}. Seebohni Coll. 

 3. Valkenswaard, 28th May ( C.B. W.fyH.S.}. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Valkenswaard, 28th May ( C.B. W.fyH.S.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Valkenswaard, 28th May ( C.B. W.fyH.S.}. Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Valkenswaard, 29th May ( C.B. W.fyH.S.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Valkenswaard, 29th May ( C.B. W.fyH.S.). Seebohni Coll. 



6. Valkenswaard, 1st May. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Valkenswaard. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Valkenswaard. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Belgium, 26th May (C. B. W. $ H. S.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus AEDON, Forst. 



Aedon megarhyncha (Brehm). 



(Plate VIII. figs. 5 & 9.) 



Sylvia luscinia, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vb'g. tab. xxi. fig. 2, a-c (1845-54). 

 Philomela luscinia, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 27. fig. 4 (1855-63) ; 



Hewitson. Eggs of Brit. Eggs, i. p. 124, pi. xxxiii. figs, i & ii (1856). 

 Daulias luscinia, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 363 (1876). 

 Erithacus luscinia, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B.M. v. p. 294 (1881) ; id. Brit. 



Birds, i. p. 276, pi. 9 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 185, pi. 51. 



figs. 10 & 11 (1896). 

 Aedon megarhyncha, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 153 (1903). 



There is not much variation in the eggs of the Nightingale, 

 though they may be separated into two types, having the. same 

 bluish-green ground, but differing in the amount and appearance of 



