132 TUEDIDiE. 



The ej^gs of the Altai Accentor resemble those of T. modulcms, 

 though there seems to be a little more green in the blue tint. Pour 

 examples measure respectively : -84 by -59 ; ■! by "6 ; "79 by -58 ; 

 •79 by -55. 



2. Altai Mountains (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Altai Mountains, 3rd June ( TancrS). Crowley Bequest. 



Accentor collaris (Scop.). 



Accentor alpinus, Thkn. Fortpflanz. yes. Vog. tab. xxiii. fig. 12, a, h 



(1845-54); Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 27. fig. 1 (1855-63); 



Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 96, pi. xxvii. fig. ii (1856) ; 



Seehohm, Brit Birds, i. p. 501, pi. 12 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, 



p. 216, nl. 54. fig. 4 (1896). 

 Accentor collaris. Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 29 (1873) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 



B. M. vii. p. 661 (1883) ; NeJirk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 65 (1899) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 146 (1903). 



Eggs of the Alpine Accentor are of the same unspotted greenish- 

 blue colour as those of the Common Hedge-Sparrow, but are much 

 larger. They have a fair amount of gloss, and measure from -85 to 

 •97 in length, and from -64 to -67 in breadth. 



1. Europe. Old Collection. 



4. Switzerland, 3rd June. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Ursem, Switzerland (SflMJMfersCoK.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. TJrsern (Saunders Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Zurich. Crowley Bequest. 



4. St. Gothard (T. Holland). Seebohm Coll. 



2. St. Bernaord ( Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus THAERHALEUS, Kaup. 

 Tharrhaleus modularis {Linn.). 



Accentor modularis, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxiu. fig. 13, a, b 

 (1845-54); Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 27. fig. 2 (1855-63); 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 97, pi. xxvii. fig. i (1866) ; Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. iii. p. 39 (1873) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 649 

 (1883) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 497, pi. 12 (1883) ; id. Egos of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 215, pi. 54. fig. 1 (1896). 



Tharrhaleus modularis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 146 (1903). 



The eggs of the Common Accentor or ' Hedge-Sparrow ' vary from 

 a broad to a long oval form, with the smaller end somewhat sharply 

 pointed ; some have a duU roughish texture, others a fair amount of 

 gloss. They are of a beautiful spotless greenish-blue colour, measuring 

 from -71 to -83 in length, and from -54 to -66 in breadth. 



6. Dochfour, Inverness, 2nd June Seebohm Coll. 



(E. HargiU). 



5. Lochend, Inverness (HargiU Coll.). > Seebohm Coll. 



4. Lochend (Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



