506 



4. Kerry, 8th May (R. J. V.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Spanish side of Pyrenees (Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll). 



6. Zelengora, Bosnia, 16th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



1. Algeria. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Chumbi, Tibet, 8th May (L. Hume Coll. 

 Mandelli). 



Genus PYRRHOCORAX, Vitill 



Pyrrhocorax alpinus, Vieill. 



Corvus pyrrhocorax, Thien. Fortpfianz. ges. Vog. tab. xlii. figs. 2, a-d 



(1845-54). 

 Pyrrhocorax alpinus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 148 (1877) ; 



Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 44 (1889) ; Seebohm, Eggs of 



Brit. Birds, p. 229, pi. 55. fig. 4 (1896) ; Newton, Ootheca Wolleyana, 



pt. ii. p. 473 (1902) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 406 (1902) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 627 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 364 



(1910). 

 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Rev, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. i. p. 368 (1904), 



pi. 49. figs. 8-11 (1900). 

 Pyrrhocorax graculus, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 36 (1903) ; Jourd. 



Eggs Europ. Birds, i. p. 33, pi. 4. figs. 8-11 (1906). 



Eggs of the Alpine Chough are similar to those of Graculus 

 graculus, but smaller. They vary in length from T34 to 1*55, and 

 in breadth from 1 to T 07. 



3. Europe. Old Collection. 



1. Lenk, Switzerland (Trietram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.}. 



2. Parnassus, Greece, 20th May (T. Seebohm Coll. 



Kruper}. 

 5. Parnassus, 22nd May (T. K.). W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



4. Parnassus, 22nd May (T. K.}. "W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



Genus CORCORAX, Lesson. 



Corcorax melanorhamplms ( Vieill.). 



Corcorax melanorhamphus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 470 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 149 (1877) ; North, Nests $ Eggs 

 Birds Austr. p. 189 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests # Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 i. p. 65, pi. (1901) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 21 

 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 628 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eicr- 

 samml. p. 364 (1910). 



Eggs of the White-winged Chough are of a broad or regular 

 oval shape, somewhat pointed, and distinctly glossy. The ground 

 is creamy-white, with rather large scattered blotches and spots of 



