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Motacilla flaviventris, Terr. 



Motacilla flaviventris, Roch 8f E. Newt. Ibis, 1862, p. 273 ; E. Newt. 

 Ibis, 1863, p. 346 ; MOm-Edwards ^ Orandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., 

 Ois. i. p. 343, pi. 303. fig. 6 (1879; ; Cotoan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. 

 Edinb. vii. p. 148 (1882) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 496 (1885) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 92 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 140 

 (1906). 



Eggs of the Madagascar Wagtail vary from a broad to a narrow 

 oval shape and are very glossy. The eggs in the Collection are of 

 three types. In one the ground-colour is pale greyish-green, and 

 the whole surface of the shell is densely mottled with greyish- 

 brown and lavender. In another, the eggs are dull white, blotched 

 and mottled with umber-brown and lavender. In the third type, 

 the egg is cream-colour, densely mottled with purpUsh-brown and 

 lilac-grey. They vary from -71 to -8 in length, and from -57 to 

 •63 in breadth. 



2. Madagascar. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P. 

 3. Betsileo. Eev. W. Deans Cowan [P. 

 2. Betsileo. Eev. W. Deans Cowan [P. 



Motacilla boarula, Linn. 



Motacilla boarula, Thien. Fortpjlans. ges. Vog. tab. xxv. fig. 4, a-c 



(1845-64) ; Hemtson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 167, pi. xlii. fig. i 



(1856); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 140 (1906). 

 Pallenura sulphurea, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 35. fig. 11 (1855-63). 

 Motacilla sulphurea, Seebokm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 203, pi. 14 (1884) ; id., 



Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 261, pi. 58 a. fig. 1 (1896). 

 Motacilla melanope, Dresser (nee Pall.), Birds Eur. iii. p. 251 (1875) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 497 (1885) [part.] ; Dresser, Man. 



Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 202 (1902) [part.]. 

 Motacilla boarula boarula, Hartert, Vog, Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p., 298 (1905). 



Eggs of the Grey Wagtail are of a broad pointed oval shape and 

 very glossy. The commonest type of egg is pale grey or bluish- 

 white or sometimes cream-colour, mottled all over with light brown 

 of various shades. Another type, which appears to be much less 

 common, is white or greyish-white, mottled with umber-brown 

 and lavender-grey. In this type the markings are most dense on 

 the broad end, where they form a more or less confluent cap. A 

 few examples in a large series have one or two black hair-lines at 

 the broad end of the egg. Specimens measure from -7 to -8 in 

 length, and from -54 to -6 in breadth. 



6. Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, 15th May. J. Steele Elliott, Esq. [P.]. 



5. West Ross-shire, 7th May {W. W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



Stirling). [PJ. 



5. Strathpeffer, let May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



6. Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, 18th June W. Radoliife Saunders, Esq. 



{K Kennedy). [P.], 



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