' *. MOTACILLIDJE. 



. epeis^i Rit&y -70i N. Lat., 16th Seebohm Coll. 



3. Yenesei River, 70^ N. Lat. July Seebohm Coll. 

 (H. &). 



Clutch containing an egg of the Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). 



2. Lapland, 15th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Anthns rosaceus, Hodgs. 

 (Plate Y. figs. 13 & 14.) 



Anthus rosaceus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 589 (1885) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 311 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests # 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 216 (1890) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. i. p. 672 

 (1894) ; Osmaston, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 70 (1897) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 93 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds. 

 pt, i. p. 215 (1902) ; Sharpe, Handel, v. p. 148 (1906). 



Anthus roseatus, Hartert, Vbg. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 279 (1905). 



An egg of Hodgson's Pipit, taken by Mandelli, is of a narrow 

 oval form and almost devoid of gloss. It is greyish-white, thickly 

 freckled all over with pale brown. It measures '85 by -6. 



Three eggs in the Crowley Collection are greyish-white, thickly 

 mottled all over with dark brown or chocolate-brown. They 

 measure respectively '8 by '6 ; -8 by '58 ; '79 by '58. 



1. Darjiling, Sikhim, 19th May Hume Coll. 



(L. Mandelli). 



3. Koko Nor, Tibet. Crowley Bequest. 



Anthus bertheloti, Bolle. 



Anthus berth eloti, Dresser, Birds Fur. iii. p. 291 (1874); Sharps, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. x. p. 591 (1885) ; Reid, Ibis, 1887, p. 433 ; Koenia, 

 J.f. O. 1890, p. 278, taf. viii. fig. 7 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 93 

 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt.i. p. 211 (1902) [part.]; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l.v. p. 148(1906). 



Anthus berthelotii berthelotii, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 270 

 (1905). 



Eggs of the Canarian Pipit are of a regular oval form and have 

 little or no gloss. They vary greatly in colour and markings. The 

 eggs of one clutch are greyish- white, mottled with pale greyish- 

 brown and lavender ; those of a second clutch are white, spotted and 

 blotched with pale umber-brown and lavender ; a third type has the 

 ground-colour creamy-white thickly mottled with umber-brown ; 

 a fourth has the markings purplish-brown or grey. The markings 

 are often denser at the broad end, where they form a zone. 

 Examples measure from '75 to -82 in length, and from -55 to *6 in 

 breadth. 



4. Canary Islands, W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



