410 STUENIDiE. 



Creatopliora carunculata, Shelley, Birds Afi: v. p. 123 (1906) ; llaagner, 

 ^ Ivy, Journ. S. Afr. Orn. Union, i. p. 77 (1907) ; Siicknill, Journ. 

 S. Afr. Orn. Union, iv. p. 74 (1908) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 517 

 (1909; ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 348 (1910). 



Eggs of the Wattled Starling resemble those of Stumus vulgaris. 

 Thej' measure from -98 to I'lo in length, and from -75 to -82 in 

 breadth. 



2, Cape Colony {E. L. Layard). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Cape Colony. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



8. Olifant's Kloof, nr. Gralmmstown, B. £. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



Dec. (i?. B. Buwher). 



2. White's Farm, Dec. [A. M. Ebden). B. E. Jupp, Esq. [0.]. 



Genus PASTOR, Temm. 



Pastor roseus {Linn.). 



Sturnus roseus, Thien. Fortjrflanz. ges. Vog. tab. x.xxviii. fig. 3, a-o 

 (1845-54). 



Pastor roseus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 50. fig. 11 (1855-63) ; 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 217, pi. Iv. fig. ii (1856) ; 

 Dresser, Bird's Eur. iv. p. 423 (1873) ; Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 673 

 (1879) ; SeeboJim, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 20, pi. 11 (1884) ; Oates, Fauna 

 Brit. Ind. i. p. 518 (1889) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests % Eggs Ind. Birds, 

 i. p. 368 (1889); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 63 (1890); 

 Seebohm, Egys of Brit. Birds, p. 231, pi. 54. fig. 16 (1896) ; Dresser, 

 Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 401 (1902) ; HarteH, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 47 

 (1903); Bey, .Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. j. p. 348 (1905); Jourdain, 

 Eggs Ettrop. Birds, \. p. 39 (1906); Dresser, Eggs Birds Europe, 

 p. 344, pi. xxiii. fig. 8 (1908) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 518 (1909) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 349 (1910). 



The eggs of the Rose-coloured Pastor are of a somewhat broad, 

 pointed oval form, excessively gloss)', and of a very pale greyish- 

 or bluish-white. One clutch from South jRussia is of a very pale 

 olive colour. They measure from 1'09 to I-IQ in length, and from 

 ■8 to -87 in breadth. 



4. South Russia {Tancr^). Crowley Bequest. 



4. South Russia, 20th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



3. Bessarabia. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Kustendji, Turkey [Dr. Cullen : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 6. Constantinople, Turkey, 15th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



4. Asia Minor, 6th June (r.Xj'M^e/-). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Smyrna (Guido i;on Gonzenbach). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Smyrna ( T. J5r. : Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Angora, 27th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



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