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Genus EUPODOTIS, Less. 



Eupodotis edwardsi (^Gray S,- Hardw.). 



Eupodotis edwardsi, Hume S,- Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 7 (1879) ; 

 iii. App. pi. i. (1880) ; Gates ed. Hume, Nests Sf Egc/s Ind. B. iii. 

 p. 375 (1890) ; Barnes, Journ. Bo7nh. Nat. Hist. Soc. 'i. p. 57 (1886) ; 

 vi. p. 11 (1891) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 325 (1894) ; 

 Oates, Game Birds Ind. i. p. 399 (1898); Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 176 

 (1899). 



The eggs of the Great Indian Bustard are mostly of a blunt oval 

 form, but some are elliptical and others are pointed at both ends. 

 They have a large amount of gloss. They vary much in colour. 

 In the commonest type the ground-colour is olive-brown of various 

 shades, mottled and clouded very indistinctly with pale reddish 

 brown. In another type the ground-colour is dull olive-green, and 

 the markings are more distinct, consisting of fairly well-defined 

 blotches. In another type, again, the ground is a pale blue and the 

 markings are small, well-defined, and often collected together at the 

 larger end. In all the specimens faint traces of underlying pale 

 purple blotches are visible on close inspection. Numerous speci- 

 mens measure from 2-75 to .3"45 in length, and from 2-05 to 2'-45 

 in breadth. 



2. India. Gould Coll. 



58. Sirsa, Punjab. Hume Coll. 



1. Sirsa, 30th June. Hume Coll. 



15. Sirsa, July. Hume Coll. 



4. Sirsa, Auo-ust. Hume Coll. 



Eupodotis australis (/. E. Gray). 



Choriotis australis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 208 (1865) ; 



Ramsay, Ibis, 1867, p. 417, pi. ix. fig. 1 ; Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs 



Amtr. Birds, p. 52 (1883) ; North, Nests i^ Eygs Austr. Birds, 



p. 296 (1889). 

 Eupodotis australis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 328 (1894) ; id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 176 (1899). 



The eggs of the Australian Bustard in the Collection are of 

 a very blunt oval, almost elliptical, shape, and are very glossy. 

 They resemble the commonest type of egg of the Great Indian 

 Bustard. Two examples measure respectively : 3 by 2*24 ; 3'05 

 by 2-2. 



1. Australia. Sir D. Cooper [P.]. 



1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq., K.G. 



