166 



lUEDID^. 



pi. 51. fig. 9 (1896) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 41 (1899) ; Sharpe, 

 SanSr-l. iv. p. 175 (1903). 



The eggs of the Wheatear are of a pointed oval form and are 

 usually very glossy. They are of a pale greenish-blue colour, 

 generally spotless, but occasionally marked with a few brown or 

 purple specks, chiefly on the larger end. ,A clutch of six eggs from 

 the Seebohm Collection, taken in Holland, are, comparatively ' 

 speaking, quite heavily spotted with pale and dark purple-red. 

 The eggs measure from "72 to -98 in length, and from "56 to '65 

 in breadth. 



6. Greenland (£. FenSker : Hargitt 

 Coll.). 



6. Faroe Islands {B. C. Miiller: 



Hargitt Coll^. 

 5. Faroe Islands {S. C. M. .- Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 5. Faroe Islands {H. C. M. : Hargitt 



Coll.). 



4. Faroe Islands, lat June (H. C. M. : 



Hargitt Coll.). 



7. Faroe Islands, 1st June {H. C. M. : 



Hargitt Coll.). 



5. Faroe Islands, 4th June (H. C. M. : 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 7. Faroe Islands, 26th May {H. C. M.). 



3. Unst, Shetlands {Rich). 

 1. Orkneys. 



6. Sandaig Island, Inverness, 18th 



May {Hargitt Coll.). 

 5. Gamberland (Heysham). 



4. Cumberland (Heysham). 



5. Cumberland (Heysham). 



3. Alston Moor,Cumberland,24thMay. 



5. Cambridgeshire. 



3. Elveden, Suffolk (A. Newton). 



4. Elveden. 



6. Hampshire. 



6. Churt, Surrey. 



5. St. Aubin, Elboeuf, France, June 



(Noury : Hargitt Coll.). 



4. Elboeuf (Noury: Hargitt Coll.). 



5. Valkenswaard, Holland, 15th May 



(C. B. Wharton ^ H Seebohm). 

 5. Val]renawaard,21stMay(a5.Tr. 



§• H. S.). 

 5. Valkenswaard, 21st May ( C. B. W. 



8fH.8.). 



5. Valkenswaard, 21st May ( C. B. W. 



^ H. S.). 



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



Sf H. S.). 

 6. Valkenswaard, 25th May ( C. B. W. 



^ H. W.). 

 6. Valkenswaard, 28th May (C.B.W. 



S[ H. &). 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm OoU. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Crowley, Esq. [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould CoU. 

 Gould OoU. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



