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the second they are evenly distributed over the entire shell. Two 

 specimens measure respectively : -l:-2 by 2-35 ; 3'97 by 2-35. 



1. Laid in confinement, 27th June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Zool. Gardens, Loudon). 

 1. Laid in confinement 6th July (Zool. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gardens, London). 



Genus ANTIGONE, Reichenh. 



Antigone antigone {Linn.). 



Ixrus antigone, Thien. Forfjiftanz. yes. Vd(/. tab. Ixxi. fig. 3 (1845-54) ; 



Hume 8)- Marsh. Game Birds Ind. iii. pp. 1, 435, pi. iv. (1880) ; 



Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eygs Ind. B. iii. p. 872 (1890) ; Dresser, 



Birds Eur. ix. (S/ippl.) p. "337 (1896); Bla?if. Fauna Brit. Ind., 



£m7s, iv. p. 188 (1898). 

 Antigone collaris, Shai-pe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 262 (1894). 

 .\ntigone antigone, S/iarpe, Hand-l. i. p. 178 (1899). 



The eggs of the Sarus Crane are of quite a diifereut type from 

 those of the Common Crane. They are chiefly of a narrow oval 

 form, but broad ovals are occasionally to be seen. They are glossy, 

 and in many cases very highly so. The ground is white, frequently 

 tinged with faint cream-colour, pale pink, or greenish. The 

 markings are small and almost invariably well-defined. They 

 consist of spots and small blotches, with occasional streaks of 

 yellowish-brown, pale chestnut-brown, and underlj'ing pale purple, 

 and these are sparsely scattered over the entire shell. In some 

 examples, however, the markings are distinctly more numerous at 

 the larger end thau elsewhere, but they fail to form a cap or zone. 

 A few specimens are entirely unmarked. A series measures from 

 3'6 to 4-4 in length, and from 2-35 to 2-75 in breadth. 



