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6. Elbeuf. France (Noury: Hargitt 

 Coll). ^ 



5 . Vosges Mt3., France, April (Mougel : 

 Hargitt Coll.). 



5. VoagesMts., April (itfowoe;.- Hargitt 



Coll.). 



6. Valkenswaard, Holland, May 



(J. Harrison: Hargitt Coll.). 



6. Valkenswaard, 21st May (C. B. 



Wharton §• H. Seebohm). 



7. Sundal VaUey, Norway, 22nd 



June. 

 .1 . Lapland. 

 4. Petchora River, Lat. 651° N., 10th 



June (H. Seebohm ^ J. A. 



Harvie-Brovm) . 



3. Eeval, Baltic Prove., 15th June. 



(Riissow). 



4. Brunswick, 2nd May (E. V. 



Seebohm). 

 6. Pomerania, 3rd May (T. Holland). 



Seehohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Dr. E. Bowdler Sharps [P.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm CoU. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Phoenicurus mesoleucus {Hempr. ^ Ehr.). 



Euticilla mesoleuca. Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 285 (1876) ; Danford, Ibis, 

 1878, p. 14 ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 338 (1881) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 40 (1899). 



Phoenicurus mesoleucus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 150 (1903). 



The eggs of Ehrenberg's Eedstart are indistinguishable from 

 those of F. phoenicurus. They measure from "72 to '8 in length, 

 and from -55 to -58 in breadth. 



5. Taurus Mountains, Asia Minor, Seehohm Coll. 



25th April (O. G. Danford). 



1. Taurus Mountains, 26th April Seehohm Coll. 



(C. G.D.). 



2. Altai Mountains (Nehrkorn Crowley BecLuest. 



Coll.). 



Phoenicurus titys (Scop.). 



Sylvia tithys, Thien. Fortpfianz. ges. Vog. tab. xxii. fig. 8, a-c (1845-53). 

 Euticilla tithys, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 27. fig. 9 (1855-63) ; 



Saunders, His, 1871, p. 210 ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 339 



(1881) ; id. Brit. Birds, i. p. 293, pi, 9 (1888) ; id. Eggs of Brit. 



Birds, p. 187, pi. 51. fig. 5 (1896). 

 Phoenicura tithys, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 105, pi. xzix. 



fi^. iii (1856). 

 Euticilla titys. Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 293 (1894). 

 Phoenicurus titys, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 150 (1903). 



In shape the eggs of the Black Redstart vary from a broad to 

 a rather long oval. They are pure white, unspotted, and very 

 glossy, measuring from 'OS to -82 in length, and from -54 to '62 iu 

 breadth. 



