The Zoologist— April, 1868. 



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No. of 



specimens. 

 Lanius collurio (Redbacked Shrike) - 3 

 Ruticilla phoenicurus (Redstart) - 4 

 Rubecula fatuiliaris (Redbreast) . 3 

 Lusciola luscinia (Nightingale) 

 Sylvia nisoria (Barred Warbler) - 1 

 „ cinerea (Whitethroat) - -6 

 „ hortensis (Garden Warbler) - 4 

 „ atricapilla (Blackcap) - - 1 

 Hypolais vulgaris (Chiffchaff) - l 



Calaraoherpe turdina (Great Sedge 

 Warbler) ..... 2 

 arundinacea (Reed 



Other colouring. 

 (Exceptions.) 



2 specimens with colouring of No. 6. 



1 specimen 



Wren) 



blei\) 



Warblei) 



pal ustris (Marsh War- 

 phvagmitis (Sedge 

 (Aquatic 



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6. 

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II. 



20. 



15. 



16. 



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 28. 



„ aquatica 



Warbler) - 

 Accentor modularis (Hedgesparrow) 

 Motacilla alba (Pied Wagtail) 

 Budytes flava (Yellow Wagtail) 

 Anthus arboreus (Tree Pipit) - 



„ pratensis (Meadow Pipit) - 

 Alauda arvensis (Sky Lark) - 

 „ cristata (Crested Lark) 

 „ neraorosa (Wood Lark) 

 Emberiza citriuella (Yellowhamraer) 

 Linota cannabina (Linnet) 

 Saxicola stapazina (Russet Wheatear) 

 Ruticilla titbys (Black Redstart) - 

 Emberiza miliaria (Common Bunting) 1 

 Loxia chloris (Greenfinch) - - 1 



11. 



6. 



in the collection of M. Gerbe, of Paris. 

 „ Dr. Dehne. 



„ Olph. Galliard. 



„ Pralle. 



16. 



No. 1 contains two specimens of a yellow-red ground colour, with 

 reddish gray under spots and yellowish red upper spots. The eggs 

 of the shrike, in whose nests I myself found both of these, belonged to 

 the reddish variety : in all probability they were laid by an old hen. 

 The third specimen was found in a nest of this bird, which contained 

 eggs of a greenish ground colour, with olive-gray and olive-brown 

 markings, which it resembled both in colouring and in markings. 



2. These four specimens, which were found in the nests of Ruticilla 

 phoenicurus are all of a light green ground colour : two of them have 



