55 



Gennaeus horsfieldi {Gray). 



Gallophasis horsfieldi, Mitchell, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 544, Aves, pi. cxlix. 



Hg. 1. 

 Euplocaiiius horsfieldi, Hume Sc 3Iarsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 197 (187'J) : 



Oates ed. Hume, Nests i^- E(/(js lad. B. iii. p. 416 (1890). 

 Gennosus horsfieldi, Grant, Cat. Birds B.M. xxii. p. 302 (189-3) ; Gates, 



Game Birds Ind. i. p. 3;J4 (1898) ; S/iarpe, Hand-l. i. p. 35 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black-breasted Kalij Pheasant vary from 

 pinkish buff to reddish cream-colour. Many specimens are thickl\- 

 speckled with white calcareous matter. They measure from l-S to 

 2*05 in length, and from 1'4 to I'o in breadth. 



3. [Assam.] Gould Coll. 



2. Khowang, Dibrughur, 22ud March Hume Coll. 



{J. li. Cripps). 



3. Svlhet, 10th March. Hume Coll. 

 1. Machi, Manipur, 3rd May {A. 0. Hume Coll. 



Hutne). 



Gennaeus lineatus ( Vig.). 

 (Hate VI. fig. 5.) 



Euplocamus lineatus, Hujne Sf Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 205 (1897) : 

 Oates ed. Hume, Nests S^ Eygs Ind. B. iii. p. 416 (1890). 



Gennmus lineatus, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 304 (1898) ; Oates, 

 Game Birds Ind. i. p. 351 (1898) ; Shurpe, Hand-l. i. p. 36 (1899). 



The eggs of the Lineated Silver Pheasant are of a pale reddish-buff 

 colour, and the pores are rather conspicuous, owing to their being 

 somewhat paler than the other parts of the shell. They measure 

 from 1*75 to l"'Jo in length, and from I'-i to I'o in breadth. 



1. Pegu Hills, 17th April {E. W. Oates). Hume Coll. 



4. Yonzalia River, Teuasserim, Hume Coll. 



16th March [C. T. Biiujham). 



Gennseus nycthemerus {Linn.). 



Phasianus nycthemerus, Thien. Fortpjlariz. ges. VHr/. p. 19, tab. vii. fig. 4 



(1845-54). 

 Gennffius nycthemerus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Viif/. tab. 65. fig. 5 (1855-63) ; 



Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. x.xii. p. 307 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 



p. 30 (1899). 



The eggs of the Chinese Silver Pheasant vary in colour from pale 

 buff to reddish buff. They measure from 1"9 to 2-1-5 in length, and 

 from I'D to 1"6 in breadth. 



6. [China.] Gould Coll. 



3. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- Zool. Society. 



dens, Loudon). 

 3. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



dens, London). 



