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few feathers. Nests I have measured average about 55-60 millims. in diameter, and 15-20 
millims. in depth. It usually deposits its eggs early in June, or from then to the middle of the 
month. These, from five to six in number, are slightly elongated, and a little pointed at one 
end, bluish grey in ground-colour, and marked with greyish and greyish brown, the markings 
being clouded together, so that, according as the brown or yellowish grey markings predominate, 
the egg has a general tendency towards brown or yellowish grey. Eggs in my collection measure 
from 17 by 14 to 20 by 15 millims.” 
The specimens described and figured are in my own collection; the latter are an adult male 
and a young bird, both being the specimens above described. 
In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens :— 
E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 
a, ¢. Stockholm, September 15th, 1860 (Meves). 6,3. Saxony (Schiiiter). c, 9. Silesia, May 1867. d. 
France, 1848 (Parzudaki). e,3,f,2,9,6,h,3. Piedmont, April 1870 (Salvadori). i, 3. Piedmont, 
May 1870 (Salvadori). j,2,k, 6. Andalucia, May 1874 (Irby). 1,3, m, 3. Malta, April 26th (Adams). 
n. Malta (C. A. Wright). 0, juv. Crimea (Whitely). p,3,9q, 2. Asia Minor, September 1865 (Robson). 
r. Egypt (E. C. Taylor). s. Egypt (Rogers). ¢. Tangier (Olcese). u,v. Lake Baikal (Verreauz). 
w, o. N.W. India, November 29th, 1870 (W. E. Brooks). «, 3. Futtegurh, April 17th, 1872 (W. E. 
Brooks). y, 2. Futtegurh, May 19th, 1872 (W. E. Brooks). z, aa. Etawah, November 1869 (W. E. 
Brooks). ab, 3, ac. Etawah, December 1869 (W. E. Brooks). ad, 3d. Etawah, February Ist, 1870 
(W. E. Brooks). ae, 3, af, @. Etawah, April 10th, 1871 (W. EH. Brooks). ag, 3. Etawah, March 22nd, 
1872 (W.E. Brooks). ah, 3 jun. Fifty nautical miles from Lucon, October 15th, 1869 (Captain Conrad). 
E Mus. Howard Saunders. 
a,3. Malaga, April 17th. 6. Granada. c,¢. Valencia, April 15th. d,9. Valencia, April 7th. e,¢. 
Valencia, April 4th. jf. Valencia, March 28th. g,h,d,7,9. Valencia, April. 
E Mus. H. J. Elwes. 
a, 3. Futtegurh, April 1870 (W. E. Brooks). 6,3. N.W. India, November 1869. c. N.W. India, December 
9th, 1870 (W. E. B.). d. Uachoong, Sikkim, September 12th, 1870 (H. J. E.). 
E Mus. R. Swinhoe. 
a,@. Amoy, February 6th, 1857. 6b,c,¢,d,2. Amoy, April 25th, 1861. e, f, g, h, 2,7, k, l. Amoy, May 
1867. m. Amoy, October 15th, 1866 (R. 8.). n, 0. E. Timor, 1861 (A. R. Wallace). 
E Mus. H. B. Tristram. 
a,3. Algiers, May 2nd,1856. 6,2. Algiers, June 2nd, 1856. c, 2 juv. Algiers, October 9th, 1856 (H. B. T.). 
d,e,3,f,%. Kef Laks, April 1857 (7. B. T.). g. Cythera, May 4th, 1858 (H. B. T.). 4, d. Jericho, 
April 14th, 1864 (WH. B.T.). i,k, 1. N.W. India. m. Amoy, June 1861 (R. Swinhoe). n, 3d. E. Timor, 
1861 (A. R. Wallace). 
