MOTAC1LLA. 



75 



4. Dalston, Cumberland, 27th May 



(Hey sham : Tristram Coll.). 



3. Hen Moss, Cumberland (Hcy- 



sham : Tristram Coll.}. 

 6. Near Scarborough, May. 



5. Cambridgeshire. 



5. Cambridgeshire. 



4. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, 14th 



May. 



2. Sparham, Norfolk, 4th June (F. 

 Nor gate) . 



6. Wortham Common, Suffolk, 22nd 



May (J. G. Tuck). 



5. Chesterton, Oxfordshire, 16th 



May. 

 5. Finchley, Middlesex. 



1. Churt, Surrey. 



5. Alton, Hants. 



2. Avingtou, Hants. 



6. East Fleet, Weymouth, Dorset, 



5th June. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 

 F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 

 [P.]. 



2. Aldbury, Tring, Herts, 15th May 



(W-XL8.). 

 5. Reigate, Surrey, llth June. 



Clutches containing an egg of the Cuckoo (Guculus canorus). 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[?] 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



4. Shipton, Oxfordshire, 4th June 

 (R. W. Calvertt). 



2. Nr. Monmouth, 13th May (W. 



R. &). 



3. Nr. Monmouth, 20th May (W. 



R. S.}. 



Motacilla alba, Linn. 

 (Plate IV. fig. 16.) 



Motacilla alba, Thien. Foripf.anz.ges. Vog. tab. xxv. fig. l,-c (1845-54) ; 

 Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 35. fig. 12 (1855-63) ; Hewitson, Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, i. p. 165, pi. xli. figs, iii & iv (1856) ; Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. iii. p. 233 (1875) ; Seebohm $ Harvie- Brown, Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 125 j Seebohm, Ibis, 1878, p. 343 ; id., Brit. Birds, ii. p. 199, pi. 14 

 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 464 (1885) ; Seebohm, Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, p. 260, pi. 58. figs. 19 & 20 (1896) ; Dresser, Man. 

 Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 200 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 137 (1906). 



Motacilla alba alba, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 302 (1905). 



The majority of the eggs of the White Wagtail very closely 

 resemble those of the Pied Wagtail, but the ground-colour is more 

 generally of a decided bluish tinge. Some specimens, however, 

 differ in having the markings coarser and of an olive-brown colour. 

 A single specimen in the Collection (fig. 16) is almost unmarked 

 except at the broad end, where there is a dense sooty-black cap, 



