78 GLAREOLID^. 



those of the Common Pratincole. Six examples measure from 1"25 

 to 1*3 in length, and from -92 to 1*02 in breadth. 



4. Sarepta, S.E. Russia. Seebohm Coll. 



2. E. Volga, S.E. Eussia. Gould Coll. 



Glareola orientalis, Leach. 

 (Plate III. figs. 5 & 6.) 



Glareola orientalis, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidee, -p. 2o8 (1887) ; 

 Leqye, Birds Ceifl. p. ^80 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests S)- Eggs 

 Ind. B. iii. p. 319 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 58 

 (1896; ; id. Hand-l. \. p. 171 (1899). 



The eggs of the Oriental Pratincole are quite indistinguishable 

 from those of the Common Pratincole. They measure from 1"12 to 

 1*25 in length, and from -9 to -96 in breadth. 



2. Pegu, Apiil (£". W. Oates). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Pegu, Kith April [E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



3. Pegu, .30th April (E. W. 0.). Oates Coll. 

 3. Pegu, 1st Mav {E. Tf. O.). Oates Coll. 

 3. Pegu, 2ud May {E. W. 0.). Oates Coll. 

 2. Siam (Sir R. Schomburgk). Gould Coll. 



Genus GALACTOCHRYSEA, Heine cf- lieichenb. 



Galactochrysea ocularis ( Verr.). 



Glareola ocularis, Harting, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 853 ; Cotvan, Proc. R. Phys. 



Soc. Edinh. vii. p. 149 (1882) : Milne-Edicards ^- Grandidier, Hist. 



Nat. Madag., Vis. ii. p. 645, pi. 306. fig. 7 (1885) ; Seebohm, Geogr. 



Distr. Charadriida; p. 260 (1887). 

 Galactochrysea ocularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 62 (1896) ; id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 171 (1899). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Pratincole in the Collection are of a 

 blunt oval form and without gloss. They are cream-coloured, rather 

 densely and evenly marked all over with spots and small blotches 

 of dark sepia-brown and underlying pale purple. These markings 

 are confluent in many parts. In one specimen there are also 

 numerous lines and scrawls, principally round the laiger end of the 

 egg, where, in conjunction with the other markings, they form an 

 irregular broad belt. Two examples measure respectively : 1'27 by 

 1-03; 1-35 by 1-04. 



2, Fianarautsoa, Madagascar ( W. Seebohm Coll. 

 Deans Cuwan : Harting Coll.) . 



Galactochrysea cinerea (Frastr). 

 (Plate III. fig. 4.) 

 Glareola (Galachrysia) cinerea, Hartert, J.f. 0. 1886, p. 610. 



