40 " PHASIANID^. 



Genus PTERNISTES, Wagler. 



Pternistes nudicollis (Bodd.). 



Perdix nudicollis, Thie7i. Fortpjlanz. ges. Viig. p. 32, tab. vii. fig. 10 



(1845-54). 

 Pternistes nudicollis, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 589 (1875- 



84) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 174 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 



p. 25 (1899). 



The single egg of the Cape Bare-throated Francolin in the 

 Collection is a blunt oval, approaching an ellipse in form, and is 

 reddish buff, very minutelj' but closely spotted all over with dark 

 reddish brown or purple. It measures 1-55 by 1-15. 



1. S. Africa. H. F. Walter Esq. [P-]- 



Genus PERDIX, Brisson. 



Perdix perdix {Linn.). 



Perdix cinerea, Thien. Fortpfianz. yes. Viig. p. 30, tab. vii. fig. 12 a, b 

 (1845-54) ; Heivitsun, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 281, pi. Ixxi. fig. i 

 (1856) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 131 (1878) ; Seebohm, Brit. 

 Birds, ii. p. 452, pi. 21 (1884) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 276, 

 pi. 59. fig. 5 (1896). 



Starna perdix, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Viig. tab. 21. fig. 5 (1855-63). 



Perdix perdix. Grant, Cat. Birds B. 31. xxii. p. 185 (1893); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 26 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common Partridge vary in shape from regular 

 oval to pyriform and in colour from olive-brown to brownish cream- 

 colour, but white and pale bluish-green examples are not uncommon. 

 They measure from 1'3 to 1-5 in length, and from 1-05 to 1*15 in 

 breadth. 



Perdix hodgsonise {Hodgs.). 



Perdix hodgsonise, Hume &; Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 65 (1879) ; iii. 

 App. pi. iii. (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 8( Eqgs Ind. B. iii. p. 438 

 (1890); Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 193 (1893) ; Oates, Game 

 Birds Ind. i. p. 191 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 27 (1899). 



The two eggs of Mrs. Hodgson's, or the Tibetan, Partridge in 

 the Collection are of a regular oval shape and of a pale brownish 



