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In two clutches from Japan the ground-colour is of a bright 

 but pale greenish-blue, and one of them is so faintly zoned with 

 the palest brownish-red, that the eggs appear plain, until closely 

 examined. 



5. Afghanistan, 28th May (R. G. Seebohm Coll. 

 Wardlaw-Ramsay). 



4. Afghanistan, 28th May (R. G. Seebohm Coll. 



W.-H.). 



1. Kotegarh, Himalayas, 10th April. Hume Coll. 

 12. Kotegarh, 30th April. Hume Coll. 



11. Kotegarh, May. Hume Coll. 



2. Kotegarh, 13th May. Hume Coll. 

 1. Kotegarh, 25th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Kotegarh, 26th May. Hume Coll. 



12. Kotegarh, 21st June. Hume Coll. 



2. Kotegarh, llth July. Hume Coll. 



5. Simla. Hume Coll. 

 1. Mussoori. Hume Coll. 



1. Almora, 14th May ( W. E. Brooks). Hume CoU. 



2. Almora, 17th May ( W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Almora, 29th May ( W. E. B.). Hume CoU. 



2. Almora, 21st May ( W. E. B. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Altai Mountains, May. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Altai Mountains (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



5. Japan (H. Pryer). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Japan (H. P.). Seebohm Coll. 



Pratincola torquata (Linn.). 



Pratincola torquata, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 236 (1875- 

 84) ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 190 (1879) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 25 (1899) ; Stark fy Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 190 

 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 172 (1903). 



The eggs of the South-African Stonechat are not separable from 

 those of P. rubicola. They are of a pale dull greenish-blue colour, 

 speckled and clouded with pale chestnut, the markings being densest 

 at the large end and forming an irregular zone or indistinct cap. 

 Specimens measure from *7 to *8 in length, and from '53 to *61 in 

 breadth. 



4. Berg River, S. Africa, Sept. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.], 



11. Transvaal, Oct. (T.Ayres: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



Pratincola caprata (Linn.). 



Pratincola caprata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 195, part. (1879) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 59 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 

 $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 41 (1890) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. (Suppl.) 

 p. 33 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 173 (1903). 



The eggs of the Common Indian Pied Bush-Chat are mostly of a 

 broad oval form, more or less pointed, and fairly glossy. The 



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