106 Mr. II . E. Dresser on rare or 



48. Glaucidium sjoestedti. 



Glaucidium sjbstedti Reichen. Orn. MB. 1893, p. 65 ; 

 Sjost. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Haudl. 27. p. 12, Taf. ii. (1895) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 299 (1899). 



5 ad. et juv. Efulen, Jan. 17-21, 1902. « Fobelebele." 

 cJ ad. „ Feb. 1, 1902. « Alum." 



6 ad. „ March 17, 1902. 



Both young and old individuals of this striking species are 

 in the collection. A sign of immaturity appears in the more 

 or less concealed ochreous patches on the scapulars, the older 

 birds being comparatively uniform. The cross-bars on the 

 breast are also narrower and fewer in number. The nestling 

 resembles the adults, but is duller chestnut on the back. 



This species is nearly allied to G. castanopterum, but is 

 cinnamon-buff underneath with rufous cross-bars, the pectoral 

 region being crossed by bars of a different colour to those 

 on the head and neck. In G. castanopterum they are all of 

 the same colour on the head, neck, and upper breast. 



My position, therefore, for this species in the ' Hand-list ' 

 is wrong. The female is apparently yet unknown, as all 

 Mr. Bates's examples are males. 



[To be continued.] 



VIII. — On some rare or unfigured Eygs of Palaarctic Birds. 

 By H. E. Dresser, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., &c. 



(Plate III.) 



In continuation of former papers on the same subject I beg 

 leave to offer to the Members of the B.O.U. some further 

 notes on, and illustrations of, rare or unfigured eggs of Birds 

 of the Palsearctic Region *. 



(1) Hodgsonius PHOiNicuRoiDES. Hodgson's Shortwing. 

 (PI. III. fig. 2.) 



Hodgsonius phoenicuroides Dresser, Man. Pal. B. p. 59. 

 Mr. Davidson appears to have been the first to obtain 



* For my previous papers, see 'lbi*,' 1901, p. 445 ; 1902, p. 177; and 

 1903, pp. 88, 404. 



