478 



00EVIDJ5. 



3. Parnassus, 12th Ma}' (H. S. Sf 



T. K.). 

 2. Parnassus, 12th May (ff. S. ^ 



T. K.). 

 2. Parnassus, 12th May (H. S. ^ 



T. -ST.). 

 2. Parnassus, 12th May (H. S. Sr 



T. K.}. 



4. Smyrna, 23rd April (T. K). 



5. Gavi Ruk, 8000 ft., nr. Ispahan, 



S.W. Persia, 24th April (JR.JB. 

 Woosnam). 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohpi Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Col. A. S. Bailward [P.]. 



Pica melanonota (Brehm). 



Pica melanoleuca, Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 222. 



Pica rustica, Irby, Orn. Gibralt. p. 82 (1895). 



Pica pica melanotos, Hartert. Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 21 (1903) ; Jourd. 



Bggs FAirop.. Birds, i. p. 19 (1906j. 

 Pica melanonota, Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 604 (1909). 



Eggs of the Spanish Magpie do not differ from those of P. -pica. 

 In one of the clutches of three eggs collected by Saunders, one egg 

 is slightly marked with very small dots, a second has the whole 

 of the pigment concentrated in a deep sooty-brown cap entirely 

 covering the smaller end of the shell, the third egg is normal but 

 rather lightly marked. They vary from 1-25 to 1-38 in length, and 

 from '9 to '95 in breadth. 



3. 



South Spain, 27th April (with one 

 egg of Coccystes glandarius, see 

 vol. iii. p. 102). 



Andalusia, South Spain, 1 st ]\Iay 

 (with two eggs of C. glan- 

 darius) (H. Saunders). 



Andalusia, 3rd May (with two 

 eggs of C. glandariu.i') (H. S.). 



Aranjuez, South Spain, 29th April 

 (with four eggs of C. glan- 

 darius) (H. S.). 



Aranjuez, 30th April {H. S.). 



W. Eadcliffe Saunders, 



[P.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Esq. 



Pica bactriana, Bonap. 



Pica leucoptera, Gould, Bii-ds Asia, v. pi. 55 (1850-83). 

 Pica kamtschatica, SteJ7i. Pr. Biol. Sac. Wash. ii. p. 97 (1884). 

 Pica pica bactriana, Hartert, Vog. pal Faun. i. p. 21 (1903). 

 Pica bactriana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 604 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 359 (1910) 



Eggs of the "White-winged Magpie resemble those of P. pica. 

 They vary in length from 1-25 to I'5, and in breadth from -94 to 

 •96. 



6. Chaman, Afghanistan, 9th April 

 {H. E. Barnes). 



Hume Coll, 



