160 TTTEDIDiE. 



6. Brighton, May. Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 



6. Churt, Surrey, June. Crowley Bequest. 



6. Ohurt. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Churt. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Churt, May. Gould Coll. 



6. Elbeuf, France {Nmry : Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



CoU.). 



4. Valkenswaard, Holland, 27th May Seebohm Coll. 

 (H. Seebohm). 



4. Valkenswaard, 29th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Malaga, Spain, 10th May (Ruiz). Seebohm CoU. 

 3. Parnassus, Greece, 7th Slay (R. See- Seebohm Coll. 



bohm if T. Kriiper). 



2. Tunis. Louis Fraaer, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Khifan M'Sakta, Algeria, 13th April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. Salvin), 



Pratincola sybilla (Linn.). 



Pratincola torquata, Milne-Edwards 8f Grandidier, Sist. Nat. Madag., 



Ois. p. 338, pi. 303. fi^. 5 (1879). 

 Pratincola sybilla, Moch ^ .E. Newton, Ibis, 1862, p. 272 ; E. Newton, 



Ibis, 1868, p. 345, pi. xiii. fig. 2 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. 



p. ]91 (1879); Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 148 (1882); 



Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 25 (1899) ; Sharpe, Handnl. iv. p. 172 



(1903). 



Closely resembling bright-coloured eggs of P. rubieola, those of 

 the Madagascar Stoneohafc have the ground-colour of a more 

 pleasing tint of delicate bluish-green, and the markings bolder and 

 richer. They vary in size from -65 to '76 in length, and from -52 

 to -60 in breadth. 



14. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. "W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



3. Madagascar, May (E. Newton : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. Madagascar (TWsirajB CoW.). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Fianarantsoa, Madagascar. W. Radclifte-Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Pratincola maiira (Pall.). 



Pratincola rubieola, pt. Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 263 (1873). 

 Pratincola maura, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 188 (1879) ; Wardhw- 



Eamsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 55 ; Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 61 



(1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 48 (1890) ; 



Seebohm, Birds Japan, Emp. p. 57 (1890) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. iv. 



p. 172(1903). 

 Pratincola indica, Tacz. Faune Orn. Sibir. Orient, i. p. 356 (1891). 



The eggs of the Asiatic Stonechat resemble those of P. rubieola, 

 and are subject to the same variations. They are, however, rather 

 smaller, measuring from -6 to -75 in length, and from -48 to -58 

 in breadth. 



Eggs taken in Afghanistan show but the faintest trace of the 

 ground-colour. In one clutch they are densely freckled with 

 brownish pink ; in another with very pale yellowish brown. 



