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indistinct zone or cap. In size they vary from '7 to *81 in length, 

 and from '55 to '6 in breadth. 



4. Near Inverness (E. Hargitt). Seebohm Coll. 



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

 6. Taplow, Berkshire. Gould Coll. 



5. Haddenham, Bucks, 22nd May. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Haddenham, 28th May. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. New Forest (H. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Finchlev Common. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. Churt, Surrey. Gould Coll. 



6. Churt. Crowley Bequest. 



6. Brighton, May (R. B. Sharps). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Brighton, May (Swaysland). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Brighton, May. Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 



4. France (Noury : Hargitt Coll'). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Pomerania (T. Holland}. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Reval, Baltic Provs. (Russow). Seebohm Coll. 



Pratincola rubicola (Linn.). 



Saxicola rubicola, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 236, tab. xxiii. 



fig. 7, a, b, c (1845-54) ; Heivitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 107, 



pi. xxx. fig. i (1856). 

 Pratincola rubicola, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 27. fig. 12 (1855-63) ; 



Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 307 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 263, part. (1873) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 185 (1879) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. 



p. 317 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 191, pi. 51. fig. 16 (1896) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 171 (1903). 



The eggs of the Stonechat are of the same type as those of tho 

 Whinchat, but the ground-colour is of a paler greenish blue, and the 

 spotting is frequently very dense. The Collection contains no plain 

 eggs ; all the examples are marked in varying degrees with pale 

 chestnut. In some there are merely a few faint specks and smears; 

 in the majority the markings consist of specks, spots, and small 

 blotches, very thickly disposed over the broader end, nearly always 

 in the form of a conspicuous cap or zone. They measure from *65 

 to *75 in length, and from *55 to *6 in breadth. 



4. Co. Waterford, 13th April (R. J. Seebohm Coll. 



Ussher). 



5. Co. Waterford, 13th April (R. J. U.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Co. Waterford, 24th April (R. J. U.). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Co. Waterford, 5th May (R. J. U.}. Seebohm Coll. 



6. Co. Waterford, 19th May (R. J. U.}. Seebohm Coll. 



7. Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



28th May (0. Salvin). 

 5. Hampstead' Heath (O. S.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Brighton Eace-course (F. Bond : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



5. Brighton Race-course (F. B. : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll}. 



6. Brighton (H. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Brighton, May (R. B. Sharpe}. Seebohm Coll. 



6. Brighton, May (R. B. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



