aEACTTLirS. 



505 



(1896) ; Newton, Ootheca Wolleyana, pt. ii. p. 471 (1902) ; Dresser, 



Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 405 (1902) ; Rey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. i. 



p. 369 (1904), pi. 50. figs'. 8-11 (1900) ; Whitaker, Birds Tunis, ii. 



p. 7 (1905) ; Dresser, Eggs Birds Europ, pta. xi. & xii. p. 415, pi. 2. 



figs. 7-9 (1908). 

 Fregilus graculus, Loche, Expl. Sci. Algir., Ois. i. p. 116 (1867) ; Hume 



Sc Renders. Lahore to Yarh. p. 243 (1878). 

 Graculus graculus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 146 (1877) ; id., 



Hand-l. v. p. 627 (1909) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 364 (1910). 

 Graculus eremita, Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 43 (1889) ; Oatei, 



ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 31 (1889). 

 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 35 (1903) ; 



Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, i. p. 30 pi. 2. figs. 8-11 (1906). 



Eggs of the Chough vary in shape from a broad or regular oval 

 to a somewhat pointed oval, and are almost devoid of gloss. The 

 ground is white, creamy-white, or pale greenish-white, marked all 

 over the shell, sometimes sparingly, sometimes densely, with spots 

 and small blotches of umber-brown and lilac-grey of different shades, 

 the markings being usually more numerous and rather larger at 

 the broad end. 



European eggs vary in length from 1-47 to 1'62, and in breadth 

 from 1-01 to 1-16. 



An Algerian egg measures 1*42 b)' 1. 



The egg laid by the larger Tibetan race, named Fregilus 

 himalayanus, Gould, is much larger than any other specimen in 

 the Collection and measures 1-74 by 1-2. It does not differ in any 

 other respect. 



1. I. of Islav, Inner Hebrides {Har- 



gitt Coll.). 

 5. Trwyn - cilan, Carnarvon, 26th 



April (E. Evans). 

 5. Trwyn-cilan, TOth May {E. E.). 



5. Pembrokeshire. 



5. Ramsey I., Pembroke, 16th May 



{W. Morgan). 

 1. Portland Bill, Dorset (Tristram 



Coll.). 

 4. Lulworth, Dorset, May (P. 



Crowley). 

 7. Lulworth, June (P. C). 



3. Lulworth, 29th April. 



4. Lulworth, May. 



1. Rathlin I., Antrim. 



2. Kathlin I. 



3. Rathlin I., 22nd April. 



2. The Breaches, Wicklow, 14th 

 May (H. Saunders). 



4. Waterford, 28th April {S. J. 



Ussker). 



4. Waterford, 4th May (R. J. U.). 



5. Waterford, 6th May (R. J. U.). 

 4. Cappoquin, Waterford {R. J. U.). 



yeebohm Coll. 



W. Radcliife Saunders, Esq. 



[P]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Gould Coll. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sfiebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seehohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seehohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



