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contained six slightly incubated eggs ; and shortly afterwards another sitting of three fresh eggs 

 was taken from a hollow cedar still higher up the mountain. The birds of these last nests 

 were shot. 



" The eggs resemble those of Ruticilla phoenicurus so closely, that if placed side by side with 

 them they cannot be distinguished. The nests were loosely constructed from thin strips of inner 

 juniper-bark interwoven with tufts of black goats' hair and a little ibex wool, and were lined 

 with more goats' hair and a few stray Partridge and other feathers. 



" The song of the White-winged Redstart is clear and pretty, and is generally uttered when 

 the bird is perched on a tree-top or on some bare projecting branch. All the males show con- 

 spicuously the white alar patch ; and the females are always more sooty on the underparts than 

 those of B. phceiiicurus. There seems, indeed, but little doubt that its claim to distinctness as a 

 species must hold good. 



" Besides the localities mentioned, it was only once met with, and certainly did not occur in 

 the barren interior or wooded northern districts of the country, though in the latter B.plmnicura 

 was numerous enough." 



Before closing the present article I must add that Mr. Gatke has lately obtained the present 

 species in Heligoland. 



The specimens figured are the adult pair above described. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, 3 . Boydagh, Asia Minor, 1874; (H. J. Elwes) . h, 6 . Anasclia, Taurus, Asia Minor. April 5th, 1876. 

 c, 2. Anasclia, April 8th, 1876 (C. G. Danford). 



E Mus. II. J. Elwes. 



a, $ . Ephesus, Asia Minor, March 18th, 1874 (H. J. E.). 



E Mus. Berol. 

 a, $ ad. Djedda [Hempr. £$ Ehr.), type of the species. 



E Mus. II. Seebohm. 

 a, 3 . Near Smyrna, March 21st, 1872 (Dr. Kriiper). 



