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4. Lapland (A, Newton). Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 

 2. Sweden. S. O. Sahlin, Esq. [P.I. 

 6. Petchora River, Lat. 68 N., 26tli Seebohm Coll. 



June (If. Seebohm fy J. A. 

 Harvie-Broivri) . 



6. Parnassus, Greece, 8th May (H. Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm 8f T. Krilper). 



Saxicola stapazina (Linn.}. 



Saxicola stapazina, Salvad. Ibis, 1904, p. 75. 



Saxicola aurita, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxiii. fig. 5, a-c, part. 



(1845-54) ; Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. p. 101, pi., part. (1875) ; 



Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 394, part. (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml p. 41 (1899). 



Saxicola albicollis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 176 (1903). 

 Saxicola amphileuca, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 176 (1903). 



A series of the eggs of the Eastern Black-eared Chat in the 

 Collection, chiefly from Greece and Palestine, do not differ much 

 inter se. The ground-colour is of a bright greenish-blue of a pleasing 

 tint, and the markings, which are usually collected together towards 

 the larger end in the form of a more or less perfect zone, consist 

 of spots of various shades of reddish- and lilac-brown. In some cases 

 the markings are very faint, but there are no actually spotless 

 forms in the series. 



Size from *71 to *85 in length, and from '55 to *61 in breadth. 



5. Parnassus, Greece, 4th May ( H. Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm 8f T. Kriiper). 



5. Parnassus, 9th May (H. S. $ T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Parnassus, 18th May (H. S. $ Seebohm Coll. 



T. K.). 



6. Parnassus, 19th May (H. S. 8f Seebohm Coll. 

 T. K). 



5. Parnassus, 21st May (H, S. 8f Seebohm Coll. 



T. K.}. 



3. Smyrna, 30th April (T. Kriiper). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Smyrna, llth May (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Palestine, 25th April (H. B. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tristram). 



4. Mt. Tabor, 12th April (E. Bart- Crowley Bequest. 



lett: Tristram Coll.}. 



3. Kulat es Shukif, Palestine, 28th Crowley Bequest. 

 May (H. B. Tristram}. 



2. Judaja, 23rd April (J. H. Cock- Crowley Bequest. 



ram: Tristram Coll.). 



Saxicola caterinae, Wldtaker. 



Saxicola aurita (nee Temm.), Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 307; Saundcrs, Ibis, 



1871, p. 211 ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 394, part. (1881). 

 Saxicola amphileuca (nee H. fy E.), Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 96 

 Saxicola catering Whitaker, Ibis, 1898, p. 625 ; id. Bull. B. O. C. xii. 

 p. 78 (1902). 



As in the case of the eggs of the allied species S. melanoleuca 



