138 tttedidjE. 



Genus MICROCICHLA, Sharpe. 



Microcichla scouleri ( Vig.). 



MiorocicUa scouleri, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 322 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 88 (1890) ;« id. ed. Hume, JVests Sf Eggs 

 Jnd. Birds, ii. p. 62 (1890) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 195 ; Sharpe, 

 Sand-l. iv. p. 149 (1903). 



Three eggs of the Little Pork-tail are of a somewhat broad oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. Two are white, speckled and spotted,, 

 chiefly at the broad end, with bright chestnut and lilac. The 

 third has a dead white ground on which are a few dots and 

 small spots of brownish red, chiefly towards the larger end. They 

 measure respectively : -79 by '6 ; '77 by "59 ; -77 by -58. 



2. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, March C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



{J. D. La Touche). 

 1. Kuatun, 25th April {J. D. 0. B. Eickett, Esq. [P.]. 



La Touche). 



Genus PHffiNICTJRTJS, Forster. 



Phoenicurus phcenicurus {Linn.). 



Sylvia phcenicurus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxii. fig. 9, a, b 



(1845-54). 

 Ruticilla phoenicura, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 27. fig. 8 (1856-63) ; 



Seebohm ^ Sarvie-Brown, Ibis, 1876, p. 215. 

 Phoenicura ruticilla, Hewitsmi, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 104, pi. xxix. 



fig. ii (1856). 

 Ruticilla phoenicurus. Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 277 (1874) ; Seebohm, 



Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 336 (1881) ; id. Brit. Birds, i. p. 287, pi. 9 



(1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds,^. 187, pi. 51. fig. 12 (1896). 

 Phoenicurus phoenicurus, Sharpe, Sand-l. iv. p. 150 (1903). 



Eggs of the Redstart, of which there is a considerable series in 

 the National Collection, do not vary except in size and shape. 

 They are of a delicate pale blue, spotless and glossy, measuring 

 from -65 to -85 in length, and from -52 to -6 in breadth. 



4. Invermorriston, Inverness (Sarp'ifi Seebohm Coll. 



Coll). 



6. Lakefleld, Glen Urquhart, luver- Seebohm Coll. 



ness, 29th May (Hargitt Coll). 



6. Cambridgeshire. F. Bond, Esq. [P.], 



4. Cambridgeshire. F. Bond, Esq. [P.'. 



3. Cambridgeshire. F. Bond, Esq. [P." . 



5. Granchester, Cambridge, 28th Salviu-Godmau CoU. 



May (O. Salvin). 



6. Norfolk, 4th June (F. Norgate). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Norfolk, 18th May (i^. iV^.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Hampstead, Middlesex (O. &). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Kenwood, Hampstead (0. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 3. Churt, Surrey. Crowley Bequest. 



