OTIS. TETRAX. 



85 



Birds, p. 88, pi. 23. fig-. 4 (189(i) ; S/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. 

 p. 284 (1894) ; Oaies, Game Birds Ind. i. p. 394 (1898) ; Sharpe, 

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



The eggs of the Great Bustard are of a broad oval or elliptical 

 form and sometimes ])oiiited at both ends. They have a consider- 

 able amount of gloss. The ground varies from dull olive-green to 

 olive-buff, and this is evenly, but rather sparingly, marked with 

 clouds, smears, and small blotches of yellowish brown, pinkish 

 brown, and underlying pinkish grey or pale purple. Some specimens 

 also exhibit a few sputs and streaks of rich dark brown, generally 

 at the broad end. Numerous specimens measure from 2'7 to 3*35 

 in length, and from 2 to 2-4 in breadth. 



Wiltshire. 



Andalusia, Spain, 15th May. 



Cordova, Spain, 21st April 



(Ma7mel). 

 Cordova, 2nd May {H. Saunders). 

 Casa Reyes, Seville, 13th Mav 



(H.8.). 

 Halbertstadt, Germany, 22nd May. 

 Leipzig, Germany. 

 R. Volga, Russia {Dr. Stader: 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 Russia (Brandt). 

 Poltava, South Russia. 

 Medjidji, Uobrudscha, 4th 



(Jf. Seebohm). 

 Kustendji, Dobrudscha, 3rd 



(H. S.). 

 Kustendji, 11th Mav {H. S.). 

 Kustendji, 24th May (H. S.) 

 Kustendji, 4th June" {H. S.). 

 Chaonsh-Keui, Asia Minor, 



May (C. (9. Dayiford). 



June 



Montagu Coll. 



R. C. Batley, Esq. [P.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Salviu-Lxodnian (Joll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



May Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



11th Seebohm CoU. 



Genus TETRAX, Leach. 

 Tetrax tetrax {Linn.). 



JItone ^- 3Jarsh. Game Birds Lid. i. p. 3 (1879); Seebohm, Brit. 



Birds, ii. p. 587, pi. 22 (1884) ; id. Bqqs of Brit. Birds, p. 89, pi. 23. 



tig. 2 (1896) ; Jrl,t/, Orn. Srr. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 257 ( 1895). 

 Tetrax campestris, Baedeker, Bier Bur. J'ii(/. tab. 45. tig. 2 1 1855-63). 

 Tetrax tetrax, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 2.-'7 (l.>94); Oates, 



Game Birds hid. i. p. 409 (1898) ; Sliarpe, Hund-l. i. p. 174 



(1899). 



The eggs of the Little Bustard are of a short pointed oval form, 

 frequently elliptical and sometimes spheroidal. They are highly 

 glossy. The ground is dark olive-green or olive-brown, and occa- 

 sionally of a buff colour, and this is marked with streaks, clouds, 



