160 TURBID^. 



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



6. Churt, Surrey, June. Crowley Bequest. 



6. Churt. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Churt. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Churt, May. Gould Coll. 



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



Coll.}. 



4. Valkenswaard, Holland, 27th May Seebohm Coll. 

 (H. Seebohm}. 



4. Valkenswaard, 29th May (H. S.}. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Malaga, Spain, 10th May (Ruiz}. Seebohm Coll. 

 3. Parnassus, Greece, 7th May (H. See- Seebohm Coll. 



bohm fy T. Kruper}. 



2. Tunis. Louis Eraser, Esq. [0.]. 



3, Khifan M'Sakta, Algeria, 13th April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(0. Salvin). 



Pratincola syfoilla (Linn.). 



Pratincola torquata, Milne-Edwards fy Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., 



Ois. p. 338, pi. 303. fig. 5 (1879). 

 Pratincola sybilla, Roch fy E. Newton, Ibis, 1862, p. 272 ; E. Newton, 



Ibis, 1863, p. 345, pi. xiii. fig. 2 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. 



p. 191 (1879) j Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 148 (1882); 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 25 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 172 



(1903). 



Closely resembling bright-coloured eggs of P. rubicola, those of 

 the Madagascar Stonechat have the ground-colour of a more 

 pleasing tint of delicate bluish-green, and the markings bolder and 

 richer. They vary in size from '65 to '76 in length, and from '52 

 to -60 in breadth. 



14. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



3. Madagascar, May (E. Newton : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.}. 



4. Madagascar (Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Fianarantsoa, Madagascar. W. Radclift'e-Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Pratincola maura (Pall.). 



Pratincola rubicola, pt. Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 263 (1873). 

 Pratincola maura, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 188 (1879) ; Wardlaw- 



Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 55 ; Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 61 



(1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 48 (1890) ; 



Seebohm, Birds Japan. Emp. p. 57 (1890); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. 



p. 172 (1903). 

 Pratincola indica, Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, i. p. 355 (1891). 



The eggs of the Asiatic Stonechat resemble those of P. rubicola^ 

 and are subject to the same variations. They are, however, rather 

 smaller, measuring from -6 to '75 in length, and from '48 to '58 

 in breadth. 



Eggs taken in Afghanistan show but the faintest trace of the 

 ground-colour. In one clutch they are densely freckled with 

 brownish pink ; in another with very pale yellowish brown. 



