MEKULA. 103 



Merula magellanica, King. 



Turdus magellanicus, Hudson, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 548 ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. V. p. 223 (1881) ; Scl. 8f Buds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 3 (1888) ; 

 James, New List Chilian Birds, p. 1 (1892) ; Sharpe in Seebohm' s 

 Mon. Turdidcs, i. p. 295 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Etersamml. p. 37 



Merula magellanica, Sharpe, Sand-l iv. p. 121 (1903). 



The eggs of the Magellan Ouzel are for the most part of a 

 regular oval form, and fairly glossy. The ground-colour varies 

 from a pale greenish white to a rather full greenish blue. The 

 markings are of various shades of reddish brown and underlying 

 lilac. On some specimens they consist chiefly of ^ell-defined spots 

 and streaks, not very thickly disposed over the shell, but coalescing 

 together at the large end and forming an irregular cap. In a 

 second type they consist of small specks and clouds, very densely 

 distributed over the shell. Intermediate forms occur iDetween these 

 two types. A few examples have some black specks and lines 

 intermingled with the other markings. Specimens measure from 

 1-07 to 1-3 in length, and from -8 to -92 in breadth. 



3. Chile. Old CoUection. 



1. [Chile]. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P-l- 

 1. ChUe (^Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Chile {Nehrhorn Coll.). Crpwley Bequest. 



4. Chile. Berkeley James Coll. 



2. Central Chile {Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



3. Central Chile (Landbeek). Berkeley James Coll. 

 3. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 

 3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 

 3. Central OhUe, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 

 1. Santiago, Chile, 2nd Oct. (Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 

 3. Rio Bueno, Valdivia, Chile, 20th Crowley Bequest. 



Dec. 

 1. Rio Bueno, 25th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



Merula falk^andica (Q. &[ G.), 

 (Plate V. fig. 10.) 



turdus faMandicus, TarreU, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 59 ; Gould, P. Z. 8. 1859, 

 p. 94 ; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 152 ; Scl. 8f Salv. Zool. ' Challenger ' 

 Exped. ii. pt. viii. p. 100 (1880); Scl. torn. a'<. p. 150; Seebohm, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 224 (1881) ; Sharpe in Seebohm' s Mon. 

 Turdida, i. p. 297 (1899) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 37 (1899). 



Merula falklandica, Sharpe, Sand-l. iv. p. 121 (1903). 



The eggs of the Falkland Island Ouzel in the Collection are 

 similar to those of the second type of the Magellan Ouzel described 

 above, but larger. They measure from 1"26 to 1'39 in length, and 

 from -92 to -98 in breadth. 



1. Falkland Islands (C. C. Abbott). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Falkland Islands. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger. 



