36 PHASIANTD^. 



Ammoperdix heyi (Temm.). 



Caccabis heyii, Tristram, Ibis, 18o9, p. 36. 



Ammoperdix beyi, Tristram, Ibis, 1868, p. 214 ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xxii. p. 125 (1893) ; Sharpe, Haml-l. i. p. 23 (1899). 



The eggs of Hey's Eock- Partridge measure from 1'37 to 1*5 in 

 length, and from 1 to 1'07 in breadth. 



1. Jericlio, 1st April {H. B. Tristram). Canon Tristram [C.]. 



2. Jericho, 13th April (H. B. T.). Canon Tristram [C.]. 

 2. Jericho, 13th April {S. B. T.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 1. Jericho, 12th April {J. H. Cochrane). H. Saunders, Esq. 



1. Jericho, 17th April (/. H. C). II. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus FRANCOLINUS, Stej)hens. 



The eggs of the Francolins are of two types as regards their form. 

 So far as can he judged from the specimens in the Collection, it 

 appears that those of the African species are of a very regular oval 

 shape, whereas those of the European and Asiatic species are pyri- 

 form, one end being usually very broad and rounded, and the other 

 abruptly pointed. The shell is glossy, and in sonae cases highly so. 



Francolinus francolinus (Linn.). 



Francolinus vulgaris, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Tor/, tab. 21. fig. 1 (1855-63); 



Dresser, Birds Bur. vii. p. 123 (1876) ; Hume c^- Marsh. Game Birds 



Ind. ii. p. 9 (1879) ; Oates ed. Hume, Net^ts ^- Bi/f/s Ind. B. iii. p. 428 



(1890) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 111. 

 Perdix francolinus, Bree, Birds Bur. iii. p. 2-36, pi. — (1867). 

 Francolinus francolinus. Grant, Cat. Birds B. 31. xxii. p. 132 (1893) ; 



Oates, Game Birds Ind. i. p. 156 (1898): Sharpe, Sand-l. i. p. 23 



(1899). 



The eggs of the Common or Black Francolin vary considerably in 

 colour, being of an olive-brown, drab, buff or stone-colour or even 

 of a very pale green. They are quite plain, but some examples 

 exhibit white spots, as if the outer layer of the shell had become 

 disintegrated*. The eggs measure froml"35to l-S in length, and 

 from 1-15 to 1-4 in breadth. 



1. Cyprus, 24th April (Lord Lilford). Lord Lilford [P.]. 



1. Cilicia, Asia Minor (T. ^/vTper). Seebohm Coll. 

 4. Asia Minor, 7th May. Seebohm Coll. 



2. SjTia, 4th June. Seebohm Coll. 



6. Fao, Persian Gulf. W. D. Cimnning, Esq. [P.]. 



7. Fao, 28th May. W. D. Gumming, Esq. [P.J. 



4. Fao, 17th June. W. D. Gumming, E.sq. [P.J. 



5. Fao, 22nd June. W. 1). Gumming, Esq. [P.J. 

 2. Sind [J. H. Gould). Gould Coll. 



10. Eastern Xarra, Sind [S. Doiff). Hume Coll. 



* Thienemann figures the egg of this species {Fortpfianz. p. 31, tab. vii. fig. 8) 

 as densely spotted. The figure probably represents the egg of some species 

 of Caccabis. 



