170 TURDIDJi. 



Algeria and Tunis, are ligtit greenish blue in colour, with spots of 

 pale rusty brown thinly scattered over the whole surface, and be- 

 coming more numerous, and in some cases much larger, about the 

 broad end. In size they vary from '77 to -82 in length, and from 

 •61 to -63 in breadth. 



2. Algeria (Zoche). Salyin-Grodman Coll. 



2. Lagouat, Algeria (Loche). Crowlev Bequest. 



1. El Djem, Tunis (F.^o^o). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. El Djem ( V. B.). Crowley Bequest. 



Saxicola persica, Seehohm. 



Saxicola persica, Seehohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 372 (1881) ; Sharpe, 

 Sand-l. iv. p. 178 (1903). 



The eggs of the Persian Pied Chat, forming part of the Crowley 

 Bequest, are exactly like those of S. picata, already described. They 

 measure -8 by "59, and "76 by -6 respectively. 



2, Astrabad, Persia, April. Crowley Bequest. 



Saxicola pleschanka {Lepech.). 



Saxicola morio, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 235, part. (1874) ; Seebohm, 



Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 372 (1881) ; Taez. Fame Orn. SiUr. Orient. 



p. 347 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Biersamml. p. 41 (1899). 

 Saxicola leucomela, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. ii. p. 105, pi. (1875). 

 Saxicola pleschanka, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 73 (1890) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 53 (1890) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 178 (1903). 



The eggs of the Siberian Pied Chat are of a somewhat broad oval 

 shape, clear pale blue in colour, speckled and spotted with light 

 rufous of two shades. The markings are much more numerous at 

 the large end of the egg than elsewhere, sometimes forming an 

 imperfect cap. Specimens measure from -76 to "8 in length, and 

 from "58 to '61 in breadth. 



6. Kustendji, Dobrudscha, 25th May Seebohm Coll. 



{Br. Cullen). 



4. Crimea, 21st May. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Altai Mountains [Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Saxicola leucura {Om.). 



Saxicola leucura, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 27. fig. 18 (1855-63) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 247 (1873) ; Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. ii, 

 p. 89, pi. (1875) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 375 (1881) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 179 (1903). 



Dromolsea leucura, Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 211. 



Eggs of the Black Chat are of a blunt oval shape and moderately 



glossy. The ground-colour varies from bluish white to very pale 



greenish blue and is lightly speckled with lilac-red and underlying 



^avender or violet spots, which are chiefly confined to the broad end 



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