94 



Antigone sharpei, BJanf. 



Grus antigone, Hume Sf Mai-ah. Game Birds Ind. iii. pp. 1, 435, pi. iv. 



part. (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eygs Ind. B. iii. p. 372, part. 



(1890). 

 Antigone antigone, Shmye, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 264 (1894). 

 Grus sharpii, Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iv. p. 189 (1898). 

 Antigone sharpei, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 178 (1899). 



The eggs of the Burmese Sarus Crane in the Collection are 

 somewhat discoloured with incubation. They appear to have been 

 white originally. One example is quite unmarked ; two others are 

 marked with a very few pale rufous blotches. They have a fair 

 amount of gloss. Three specimens measure respectively : 3*85 by 

 2-45 ; 3-95 by 2-45 ; 3-8 by 25. 



2. Pegu, 15tli Aug. (E. W. Oates). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Pegu, 5th Sept. {E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



Antigone australasiana {Oould). 



Grus australasianus, Gmdd, Handb. Birds Avstr. ii. p. 290 (1865) ; Camp- 

 hell, Nests ^- Ef/ffs Austr. Birds, p. 58 (1883) ; Nmih, Nests 4" Bffffs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 314 (1889). 



Antigone australasiana, Shurj^e, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 265 (1894) ; 

 id. Hand-l. i. p. 178 (1899j. 



The eggs of the Australian Crane have a somewhat paler ground 

 than those of the Common Crane (Grus grus), but are otherwise 

 quite similar to them. They measure from 3-45 to 3"87 in length, 

 and from 2*26 to 2-5 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



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

 1. New South Wales. Old Collection. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq., K.C. [P.]. 



Genus BUGERANUS, Gloger. 

 Bugeranus carunculatus (Gm..). 



Grus carunculata, Thien. Fortpjlanz. gee. Toy. tab. Ixxi. fig. 2 (1845-54) : 

 Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 467 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, 

 p. 626 (1875-84). 



Buo-eranus carunculatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 267 (1894) ;. 

 %d. Hand-l. i. p. 178 (1899). 



The single egg of the Wattled Crane in the Collection is of a 

 long, narrow oval form and fairly glossy. The ground is of a rich 

 buff colour, and this is densely streaked and blotched with dark 

 umber-brown and underlying purple. At the broader end these 

 markings coalesce and form a dense cap. This specimen measures 

 4-1 by 2-45. 

 1. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



