140 TTTRDID^. 



4. DaupBin^, S.E. France [H. Seebohm Call. 



3. Malaga, Spain, 9th May (ff Seebohm Coll. 



Saunders) . 



2. Gei-many. Gould Coll. 



4. QnTLO-aj (Charbonnkr: Eargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). 



4. Brunswick, 14th May. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Altenkirchen, 17th May (-SacAse). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Dresden. Crowley Bequest. 

 5. Bohemia, 2nd May (W. Schliiter). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Delphi, Greece, 5th May. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Parnassus, 6th May {Seebohm Sr Seebohm Coll. 



Kruper). 



2. Parnassus, 24th May {S. §• K.). Seebohm CoU. 



5. Parnassus (r. ^rM>er}. Crowley Bequest. 



PhcenicTirus ruflventris (VieilL). 



Ruticilla ruflventris, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 342 (1881) ; Pleske, 

 Prjev. Reisen, Aves, p. 54 (1889) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 ii. p. 95 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 64 

 (1890) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. i. p. 669 (1894) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 40 (1899). 



PhcBnicurus ruflventris, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 161 (1903). 



Three eggs of the Indian Redstart in the Collection resemble 

 those of P. phaenieurus, but are somewhat paler in colour. They 

 measure respectively : -79 by -59 ; -78 by •& ; -78 by -6. 



3. Koko-nor {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Phcenicurus semirufus {Hempr. Sf Ehr.). 



Euticilla semirufa, Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 87; Seebohm, Cat. Birds E. M. 



V. p. 344 (1881) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 40 (1899). 

 Phoenicurus semirufus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 151 (1903). 



The eggs of the Palestine Redstart in the Collection resemble 

 those of P. pJioenicurus. Two examples measure respectively : "75 

 by -56 ; -71 by -56. 



2. Meiruba, Lebanon, Palestine, Crowley Bequest. 



18th June (H. B. Tristram). 



Phcenicurus auroreus (Om.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 5.) 



Ruticilla aurorea, Tacz. J. f. O. 1872, p. 862, 1873, taf. i. fig. 11 ; 



Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 345 (1881) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. 



Ind., Birds, ii. p. 93 (1890) ; Tacz. Faune Orn. Sib^. Orient, i. p. 326 



(1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 40 (1899). 

 Phoenicurus auroreus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 151 (1903). 



Eggs of the Danrian Redstart are of a broad oval shape, 

 moderately glossy, and of a very pale blue colour, speckled and 



