144 



Cyanecula cyanecula ( Wolf). 



Cyanecula ceerulecula, Baedeker, Eier Eur. F6V7. tah. 27. fig. 6 (1855-63). 

 Cyanecula wolfi, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 311 (1874) ; Oates, Fauna 



Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 100 (1890). 

 Erithacus cyaneciilus, Seehohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 311 (1881). 

 Cyanecula cyanecula, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 153 (1903). 



It would be impossible to separate the'eggs of the White-spotted 

 Blue-throat in the CoUection from those of the Ked-spotted form, 

 though at a casual glance the former may seem a trifle more highly 

 coloured. 



Certainly, among them is a remarkable clutch from Valkenswaard 

 (Seebohm Collection) which appears quite brilliant among its more 

 sombre neighbours. These eggs have a bright greenish-blue ground, 

 clouded, streaked, and blotched with rich rufous-brown of a soft and 

 agreeable tint, the markings increasing gradually in number and 

 density from one end to the other, and forming a conspicuous cap, 

 in one instance at the smaller end. 



In size the eggs of this species vary from '62 to "8 in length, and 

 from "5 to "6 in breadth. 



6. Holland. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Holland (/. Baker'). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Valkenswaard, Holland. Salvin-Godman CoU. 

 6. Valkenswaard, 10th May (C.-B. ^AartoK Seebohm CoU. 



^ S. Seehohm). 



5. Valkenswaard, 21st May (0.5. J^.^ff.*.). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Valkenswaard, 25th May ( C.B. W.i^S.8.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Valkenswaard, 27th May ( C.B. W.^H.S.). Seebohm Coll. 

 .3. Valkenswaard, 28th May {C.B. W.^H.S.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Valkenswaard, 28th May (C.£.JF.|'if.&). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Valkenswaard, 28th May ( C.B. W.l^H.S.). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Valkenswaard, 29th May (C.5.Tr.|-S&). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Valkenswaard, 29th May (C.5.JF.IH.&). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Valkenswaard, 1st May. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Valkenswaard. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Valkenswaard. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Belgium, 26th May (C. B. W. ^ H. 8.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus AEDON, Forst. 



Aedon megarhyncha {Brehm). 



(Plate VIII. figs. 5 & 9.) 



Sylvia luscinia, Thien. Fortpfianz. ges. Vog. tab. xxi. fig. 2, a-c (1845-54). 

 Philomela luscinia, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 27. fig. 4 (1855-63) ; 



Heimtson,_ Eggs of Brit. Eggs, i. p. 124, pi. xxxiii. figs, i & ii (1856). 

 Daulias luscinia. Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 363 (1876). 

 Erithacua luscinia, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 294 (1881) ; id. Brit. 



Birds, i. p. 276, pi. 9 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 185, pi. 51. 



figs. 10 & 11 (1896). 

 Aedon megarhyncha, Sharpe, Sandr-l. iv. p. 153 (1903). 



There is not much variation in the eggs of the Nightingale, 

 though they may be separated into two types, having the same 

 bluish-green ground, but differing in the amount and appearance of 



