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Genus BURHINUS, Illiaer. 

 Burhinus grallarius {Lath.). 



(Edicnenius grallarius, Thieu. FortpJia7jz. f/es. Toff. taL. Ivii. fig. 2 (184o- 

 54); Gould, Handb. Birdu Austr.' \\. p. "210 (18l)5) ; Harting, 

 P. Z. S. 1874, p. 4-^9; Eamsay, P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 335; ISeehohm, 

 Geof/r. Distr. Churadriidce, p. 83 (1887); North, Nests 8f Eggs 

 Anstr. Birds, p. 297, pi. 19. fig. 3 (1889). 

 (Edicnemus (Pmrliinus) grallarius, Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Aiistr. Birds, 



p. 52 (1883). 

 Burhinus grallarius. Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 18 (1896) ; id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 173 (1899). 



The eggs of the Australian Stone-Curlew are of a rather pointed 

 oval form, and they have in a few instances a very trifling amount 

 of gloss. They vary much in colour. A few examples in the 

 Collection cannot be separated from the eggs of (E. cedienemus 

 except, perhaps, by their superior size. The majority, however, are 

 sufficiently distinct. The ground in these varies from a light stone- 

 colour to a pale buff, and is usually very thickly streaked and 

 blotched with dark brown of different shades and underlying pale 

 purple. In some specimens the markings are so dense as to 

 conceal nearly the whole of the ground ; in others about half the 

 ground remains visible. The eggs measure from 2-05 to 2*4 in. 

 length, and from 1-43 to 1-67 in breadth. 



2. Australia. Goidd Coll. 



6. Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Australia {Irving). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ,2. Queensland. Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Gippsland, \'ictoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq., K.C. 



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Genus ESACUS, Less. 



Esacus recurvirostris {Cuv.). 

 (Plate IV. fig. 2.) 



Esacus recurvirostris, Harting, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 455 ; Legqe, Birds Cet/lott, 

 p. 974 (1883) ; Gates ed. Hume, Nests S^- Eqqs Ind. B. iii. p. 336, 

 (1896) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 2U\l896) ; id. Hand-l. i. 

 p. 173 (1899). 



(Edicnemus recui-virostris, Seebohm, Geoyr, Distr. Charadriidce, p. 88 

 (1887) 



The eggs of the Great Indian Stone-Plover are so similar, except 

 in size, to those of (E. cedienemxis, that they require no separate 

 description. They measure from 2 to 2-36 in length, and from 1-5 

 to 1'7 in breadth. 



2. Wazirabnd, India, 9th May. Hume Coll. 



6. Etawah, March. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, March. Hume Coll. 



