42 PHASIANID^. 



shape, smooth and glossj'. They vary from a pale to a dark cream- 

 colour. Sometimes an example presents the appearance of being 

 speckled, but these markings are probably merely stains resulting 

 from incubation. They measure from I'll to 1-35 in length, and 

 from -87 to '95 in breadth. 



3. Coonoor, Nilghiris. Hume Coll. 



1. Coouoor, 3i'd March. Hume Coll. 



2. Coonoor, 12th March. Hume Coll. 

 1. Coonoor, 9th Sept. Hume Coll. 



5. Kotagherry, Nilghiris, 7th April Hume Coll. 



(Miss C'ockburti) . 



6. Kotagherry, 25th July {Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockbu7-n). 



4. Kotagherry, 1st Sept. {Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockburn). 



3. Ootacamund, 6th March. Hume Coll. 



4. Nilghiris, Dec. Hume Coll. 

 1. I'eria,,Wyniiad(J.Darlin(/, Junior). Hume Coll. 



Genus ARBORICOLA, Hodgson. 



The eggs of the Hill-Partridges vary from a broad oval shape to 

 pyriform. Some eggs are plain, others are slightly spotted. 



Arboricola torqueola ( Valcnc). 

 (Plate III. fig. 5.) 



Arboricola torqueola, Hume S,- Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 69 (1879) ; 

 Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 207 (1898); Oates, Game Birds 

 Ind. i. p. 133 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 29 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common HiU- Partridge are pale greenish -white, 

 with a few very small ashy spots scattered over the shell. The four 

 specimens in the Collet;tion measure respectively : 1'55 by 1'23 ; 

 1-55 by 1-25 ; 1-52 by 1-25 ; 1-6 by 1-25. 



4. [Himalayas.] Old Collection. 



Arboricola atrigularis, Blyth. 



Arboricola atrigularis, Hume ^- Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 79 (1879) ; 

 iii. App. pi. iv. (1880) ; Gates ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eggs hid. B. iii. 

 p. 439 (1890) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 209 (1893) ; Oates, 

 Game Birds Ind. i. p. 145 (1898) ; Sharjye, Hand-l. i. p. 29 (1899). 



The eggs of the White-cheeked Hill-Partridge are plain white, 

 and measure from 1'33 to 1"43 in length, and from 1"1 to 1'13 in 

 breadth, 



3. Sylhet, loth April {J. R. Cripps). Hume Coll. 

 2. Sylhet, 18th May (/. R. C). Hume CoU. 



