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5. India. Gould Coll. 

 4. Sirsa, Punjab, 25tli March. • Hume Coll. 

 7. Sirsa. Hume Coll. 



1. Hansi, Punjab, 2nd June. Hume Coll. 



2. Hansi, 21st May. Hume Coll. 

 4. Sambbur. Hume Coll. 



3. Sambbur, 24tb April. Hume Coll. 



4. Sambbur, 1st May. Hume Coll. 



4. Sind {J. H. Gould). Gould Coll. 



2. Sind (/. H. G.). Salvin-Godman Coll, 



7. Sabaranpur, 7tb April (G-'. F. L. Marshall). Hume Coll. 



6. Delbi, .3rd April. Hume Coll. 

 2. Delhi, 23rd April (C. 7". 5%/iff»«). Hume Coll. 



2. Delbi, 7tb May (C. T. B.). Hume Coll. 



3. Gurgaon, 3rd March. Hume Coll. 



3. Agra, 27tb March. Hume Coll. 

 2. Etawab. Hume Coll. 



5. Etawab, 25tb March. Hume Coll. 

 1. Jbansi, lltb May. Hume Coll. 

 1. Mirzapur, otb March. Hume Coll. 



1. Ceylon. E. L. Layard, Esq. 



Francolinns kirki, HartJ. 



Francolinus Idrki, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 149 (1893) ; Sharpe^ 

 Hand-l. i. p. 23 0899). 



The eggs of Kirk's Francolin have an excessively thick coarse 

 shell, deeply pitted all over. They are of a pale yellowish cream- 

 colour. Four examples measure respectively : 1-46 by I'lT; 1"47 

 by 1-15 ; 1-45 by 1-15 ; 1-49 by M5. 



4. Ruo River, British Central Africa, A. B. Percival, Esq. [C], 



4tb Dec. 



Francolinus africanus {Stepli.). 



Perdix afi'a, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vor/. p. 32, tab. vii. fig. 11 (1845-54), 

 Francolinus afer, S/iarpe, cd. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 595 (1875-84). 

 Francolinus africamis, Grant, Cat. Birds B. 31. xxii. p. 152 (1893) j 

 Shmye, Hand-l. i. p. 24 (1899). 



Of the two eggs of the Pearl-breasted Francolin in the Collection/ 

 one is of a pale stone-colour, the other of a pale olive-brown. 

 Both are sprinkled with very minute brown specks. They measure 

 respectively: l-55byl'15; 1-55 by 1-2. 



1. Cape Colony. II. F. Walter, Esq. [P.]. 



1. South Africa {E. L. Layard). E. L. Layard, Esq. lP.], 



Francolinus gularis {Temm.). 

 (Plate III. fig. 7.) 



Ortygornis gularis, Hume 8f Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 59 (1879) ; 

 * Gates ed. Hume, Nests SfEggs Ind. B. iii. p. 437 (1890) ; Gates, Game 

 Birds Lid. i. p. 174 (1898). 

 Francolinus gularis. Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 158 (1893) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 24 (1899). 



The eggs of the Indian Swamp-Partridge are of a pale rufous 



