50 PHASIANID^. 



2. Kotaghfirry, 22nd March (Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockburn). 



2. IvotagheiTy, 7th April (Miss Hume Coll. 



CocJi/iiini). 



2. Kullar, Nilghiris, oth Feb. Hume Coll. 



2. Coonoor, Nilghiris, 15th May, Hume Coll. 



2. Nilghu-is, May. Hume Coll. 



■2. Tripatore, Feb. Hume Coll. 



1. S. India. Hume Coll. 



Galliperdix lunulata ( Valenc). 

 (Plate IV. fig. 9.) 



GaUoperdix lunulatus, Hume ^- Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 255 (1879) ; 

 Oates ed. Hume, Nests |- Ec/t/s Ind. B. iii. p. 425 (1890) ; Grant, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 2(33 (1893) ; Oates, Game Birds Ind. i. 

 p. 220 (1898). 



Galliperdix lunulata, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 32 (1899). 



The eggs of the Painted Spur-Fowl do not differ from those of 

 G. spadicea except in being smaller. The four examples in the 

 Collection measure respectively : 1-67 by 1-12 ; 1-62 by I'l ; 1-6 by 

 l-I; 1-55 by 1-15. 



1. Eaipur, C. Provs. [F. R. Bleicitf). Hume Coll. 

 3. Chanda, 9th April (-R. 27jo?«^so«). Hume Coll. 



Genus ITHAGENES, Wagl. 



Ithagenes geoffroyi, Verr. 

 (Plate IV. fig. 7.) 



Ithagenes geoffiroyi, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 209 (1893) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 33 (1899). 



The eggs of Geoffrey's Blood-Pheasant are of a narrow and 

 elongated oval form, smooth, glossy and of remarkable beauty. 

 The ground-colour is of a pale reddish buff and the whole shell is 

 blotched with very deep reddish brown. They measure from 1-85 

 to 2-05 in length, and from 1-25 to 1-3 in breadth. 



0. Ta-tsien-lu, West China (A. E. Seehohm CoU. 



Pratt). 



Genus TRAGOPAN, Cuvier. 

 Tragopan satyra {Linn.). 



Satyra (Tragopan) sahprus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Viiff. p. 52, tab. xii. 



hg. 4 (1845-54). 

 Ceriomis satyi-a, Hume &,- Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 137 (1879) ; 



Sclater, P. Z. *'. 1879, p. 117, pi. viii. fig. 4; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 



^- Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 409 (1890). 

 Trao-opan satyra, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 271 (1893) ; Oates, 

 "^Game Birds Ind. i. p. 241 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 33 (1899). 



The sole egg of the Crimson Horned Pheasant in the Collection is 

 of a regular oval shape, without gloss and of a dull white, closely 

 freckled aU over with pale lilac. It measures 2-4 by 1-8. Several 



