60 PHASIAXID,5. 



Gallus lafayettei, Less. 

 (Plate VII. fig. 8.) 



Gallus stanlevi (nee J. E. Gray), Layard, Ann. ^- Mag. X. H. (2) xiv 



p. 62 (1854). 

 Gallus lafayettii, Hume 8( 3farsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 241 (1879) ; 



Leqqe, Birds Ceyl. p. 736, pi. — . fig. 10 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 



8,- Eqqs Ind. B. iii. p. 422 (1890). 

 Gallus lafavetti, Grant, Cat. Birds B. 31. xxii. p. 348 (1893) ; Gates, 



Game Birds Ind. i. p. 375 (1898). 

 Gallus lafayettei, Sharjje, Hand-l. i. p. 39 (1899). 



The eggs of the Ceylon Jungle-Fowl are regular ovals, smooth 

 and glossy. They vary from pale reddish buff to cream-colour, and 

 they are minutely and closely speckled with reddish brown. Three 

 specimens measure respectively : 1'7 by 1"3 ; 1-7 by 1"3 ; 1*85 by 1'4. 



1. Ceylon (E. L. Layard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Ceylon. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Ceylon, .3rd June. Tlume Coll, 



The Collection contains two eggs of the hybrid G. temmincJd, 

 received from Gould. They are of a reddish-bufF colour and 

 measure 1-8 by 1-45. They are said to have been received from 

 India. 



Gallus sonnerati, Temm. 



Gallus sonnerati, Hume S)- Marsh. Game Bvds Ind. i. p. 231 (1879) ; 

 Oates ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eyys Ind. B. iii. p. 420 (1890) ; Grant, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xxii. p. 350 (1893) ; Gates, Game Birds Ind. i. p. 371 

 (1898) ; SharjK, Hund-l. i. p. 39 (1899). 



The eggs of the Grey Jungle-Fowl are of a regular oval form, 

 glossy and smooth. They vary from cream-colour to a rather rich 

 reddish butf. The majority are plain ; a few are thickly .speckled 

 with brownish red. In the eggs of this species the pores are very 

 conspicuous. The dimensions vary from 1-7 to 2-05 in length, and 

 from 1"2 to Vb in breadth. 



1. Aboo, N.W. India, 14th April Hume Coll. 



(&'. Kinq). 



1. Aboo, 25th April (G. K.). Hume Coll. 



1. Aboo. 24th Mav ( G. K.). Hume Coll. 



2. Nilghiris, 20th 'May (Ji/iA's Cod- Hume Coll. 



burn). 



3. Kotagherry, Nilghiris, 14th April Hume Coll. 



(Miss Cuckhurn). 



1. Kotagherry, 22nd April (Miss Hume Coll. 



Coekburn) . 



2. Kotaglieriy, 5th May (Miss Hume Coll. 



Coekburn). 

 1. Kotagherry, 3rd Oct. (Miss Cock- Hume Coll. 



burn). 

 5. Travancore, 2nd March. Hume Coll. 



o. Travancore, 16th March. Hume Coll. 



