IBIS. CARPHIBIS, 99 



2. Pyramid of Sakkara, Egypt, Old Collection. 



■ 19th Feb. 

 1. Laid in conliuemeat (^Zool. Gardeus, Zool. Society. 



London). 

 1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardeus, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Antwerp) . 



Ibis melanocephala {Lath.). 



Ibis melanocephala, Leqye, Bird'i Cei/lon, p. 1106 (1880) : Ontes ed. Hume, 

 Nests :<)■ Eqgs In'd. B. iii. p. 226 (1890j ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xxvi. p. 7 (1898) : id. Hand-l. i. p. 18o (1899). 



The eggs of the Indiau White Ibis vary greatly in size and 

 shape. The majority perhaps are of a narrow, pointed oval form, 

 but a considerable number are pointed at both ends and a few are 

 elliptical. They are of a pale bluish-white c^dour, genei'ally plain, 

 but some are spotted very faintly with pale yellowish brown. They 

 measure from 2-1 to 2-S2 in length, and from 1-5 to 1-82 in 

 breadth, 



5. Hansi, Punjab, 12th June ( W. Hume Coll. 



Blewitt). 



3. Hansi, 14th June ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Hansi, 17th June (fF. ^.). Hume Coll. 



1. Juggernathpur, Etawab, 17tli Ma}' Hume Coll. 



(J. O. Hume). 

 42. Juogernathpur, loth Julv [A. Hume Coll. 



O. H). 

 7. Chitbaon, Etawah, 7tli Aug. Hume Coll. 



(A.O.H.). 

 15. Beenan, Etawah, 27th Aug. Hume Coll. 



(A. 0. H). 



2. Mohar, Cawnpore, 18tli Aug. Hume Coll. 

 1. Jhansi, 1st July (F. B. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



There is an egg in the Collection, laid in confinement in the 

 -Zoological Gardens of London, and the product of /. henderi and 

 /. molucca. It is white, marked with a few yellowish-brown dots 

 and lines, chiefly at the larger end, and measures 2-36 by 1-yO. 



Genus CARPHIBIS, litichenh. 



Carphibis spiuicoUis (Jameson). 



Carphibis spinicoUis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 282 (1865) ; 

 North, Proc. Linn. Sue. N. S. W. 2ud ser. i. p. 1061 (1887) : Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 11 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 185 (1899). 



Gerontitus spinicoUis, North, Nests ^- Eijys Amtr. Birds, p. 312 (1889). 



An egg of the StraAv-necked Ibis in the Collection is of a 

 biconical form, both ends being sharply pointed. It is slightly 

 rough, without gloss, and of a dull blue colour. It measures 2-75 bv 

 1-95. 

 1. Australia ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



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