HEDTMBLA. SIPHIA. 255 



Hedymela coUaris (Bechst.). 



Muscicapa collaris, Thien. FoHpfianz.gns. Vog. p. 302, tab. xxix. fi<?. 10, a, b 



(1845-54) ; Baedeker,^ Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 52. fig. 13 (1855-63) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 459 (1874) ; Sliarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. 



p. 160 (1879). 

 Muscicapa albicollis, Bree, Birds Eur. i. p. 175, pi. — (1866) ; id. op. 



(At. 2Qd ed. ii. p. 30, pi. — (1875). 

 Hedymela coUaris, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 213 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-collared Flycatcher in the Collection are 

 of a pale bluish-green colour, and quite indistinguishable from many 

 of those of H. atricapiUa. They measure "72 by '55, and '73 by 'So 

 respectively. 



1. Altenkirchen, Prussia, 7th May Seebohm Coll. 



{E. Sachse). 

 1. Hungary [Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus SIPHIA, Hodgs. 



SipMa parva {Bechst.). 



Muscicapa parva, Thien. Fortpjtanz. ges. Vog. p. 301, tab. xxix. 



fig. 8, a-o (1845-54) ; Bree, Birds Eur. i. p. 179, pi. — (1866) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 465 (1875) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 



iv. p. 161 (1879) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 332, pi. 9, part. (1883) ; 



id. Eggs ofBi-it. Birds, p. 198, pi. 52. fig. 3 (1896). 

 Erythroaterna parva, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 52. fig. 10 (1855-63). 

 Siphia parva, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 9 (1890); Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iii. p. 213 (1901). 



The eggs of the European Red-breasted Flycatcher are of an oval 

 form, the smaller end being frequently pointed, and they are very 

 glossy. They are of a very pale bluish or greenish white, speckled 

 and mottled with pale reddish brown and underlying lavender. 

 The markings are fine and usually dense, in some cases so dense 

 that little of the ground-colour is visible. In a few examples the 

 markings form a very distinct zone round the larger end. Speci- 

 mens measure from '6 to '71 in length, and from "5 to "55 in 

 breadth, 



2. Pomerania. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. Pomerania (Seebohm Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



5. Stolp, Pomerania, llth June {H. Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm). 



6. Stolp, 3rd .Tune ( T. Holland). Seebohm Coll. 



7. Stolp, 12th June {T. H.) Seebohm Coll. 

 5 Stolp, 17th Juno (T. H.). Seebohm Coll. 

 4 Stolp, 18th June (T. H.). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Stolp, 30th June (r. jET.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Bohemia, 4th June. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Hungary {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



5. Uman, South Russia, 31st May Seebohm Coll, 

 {Ooebel). 



