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Portclair, near Fort Augustus, 



12th May (Hargitt Coll.). 

 Ashopton, Derbyshire, 19th April 



{S. Seebohm). 

 Edwinstow, Nottingham, 7th May 



{H. 8.). 

 Edwinstow, 7th May {H. S.). 

 Cambridge ( W. Fair en). 

 Sparham, Norfolk, 80th March 



{F. Norgate). 

 Sparham, 10th April {F. N.). 

 Sparham, 1st May {F. N.). 

 Haddenham, Bucks, 22nd May. 

 Cookham, Berkshire, May. 

 Oakhanger, June. 

 Tilford, Surrey. 

 Tilford. 

 Tilford. 



Crawley, Sussex, 20th May. 

 Crawley, 20th May. 

 Esthonia, Baltic Provs., 30th April 



{Ruasow). 

 Malaga, Spain {H. Saunders). 

 Olympus, Greece, 28th April 



( T. Kriiper). 

 Kotegarh, Himalayas, 6th April. 

 Kotegarh, 22nd June. 

 Altai Mountains, 2nd May. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm CoU. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 ' Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm OoU. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Dr. R. Bowdler Sharps [P.]. 

 Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm CoU. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Turdus pilaris, Linn. 



(Plate VIII. figs. 19 & 22.) 



Turdus pilaris, Tliien. Fortpfianz. ges. Vog. tab. xxiv. fig. 19, a-c (1845- 

 54) ; Baedeker, Fier Fur. Vog. tab. 4. fig. 2, tab. 75. fig. 2 (1855- 

 63) ; Hermtson, Fggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 84, pi. xxiv. fig. iii (1856) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 41 (1871) ; Wheelwright, Spring Sf 

 Shimmer in Lapl. p. 282 (1871) ; Seebohm 8/- Harvie-Brovm, Ibis, 

 1876, p. 125 ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 2 ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. v. 

 p. 205 (1881) ; id. Brit. Birds, i. p. 228, pi. 8 (1883) ; id. Eggs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 180, pi. 50. tigs. 7, 9 (1896) ; Sharpe in Seebohm's 

 Man. TurdidcB, i. p. 201 (1898) ; id. Sand-l. iv. p. 138 (1903). 



Much variation occurs in the form and size of the eggs of the 

 Fieldfare, but they are still more variable in coloration. The 

 ground-colour is tolerably constant, ranging from a pale bluish- 

 green to a tint almost as bright and strong as that of the Song- 

 Thrush's egg. 



The rich reddish-brown markings, however, are so difierent in 

 their character, as to suggest a division into types as follows : — 

 (i.) A small densely freckled egg which may be compared to that of 

 the Kedwing ; (ii.) a more heavily streaked and larger egg, the 

 markings evenly distributed over the whole surface ; (iii.) eggs with 

 similar streaks, but these of a brighter colour and collected into a 

 cap at the larger end. Types ii. and iii. may be likened respectively 

 to the duller and more handsome forms of the Blackbird's eggs. 



