CATALOGUE 



OF 



BIRDS' E Cx G S 



VOL. 11. 



Sub-Class CARINATiE. 

 Oi der CHARADRIIFORMES. 



The eggs of the birds of this Order are double-spotted, with the 

 exception of those of Ujidrophasianus chirurgus and Dramas ardeola, 

 which are quite unmarked. 



The texture of the shell and the amount of gloss are very variable. 

 The shape also varies, but is chiefly of two types, the eggs of the 

 Plovers and Sandpipers being generally pyriform, whereas those of 

 the other groups are chiefly of an oval form. 



There is a great similarity between the eggs of many of the birds 

 of this Order and those of some of the Gulls and Terns on the 

 one hand, and of the Rails on the other. 



Sub-Order CHIONIDES. 

 Family CHIONIDIDyE. 



Genus CHIONARCHUS, Kidder ^- Cows. 



Chionarchus minor (HartL). 



C'hiouis minor, Newton, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 57, pi. iv. fig. 7 Cab. 4* Reich. 

 J. f. 0. 1876, p. 327, tab. i. fig. 2 ; Sharpe, Phil. Tram. 168. p. 102 

 (1879) ; Scl. Zool. ' Challenger ' Exped. ii. pt. viii. pp. 113, 151 (1880). 



Chionarchus minor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 712 (1890) ; id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. U5 (1899) ; Hall, Ibi^i, 1900, p. 6. 



The eggs of Hartlaub's Sheathbill are generally of a regular uval 

 form, but a few are somewhat sharply pointed. They are entirel\- 

 gloss less and the shell is rather rough. The ground varies from 

 pale buff or light stone-colour to a rather bright pinkish buff, and 

 this is marked with reddish, chocolate, or purplish brown and 

 underlying pale purple. In the majority, the surface-markings 



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