62 PHASIANID^. NUMIDID^. 



strong glossy shell. In colour they vary from dull white or cream- 

 colour to reddish buif. A few specimens are thickly freckled with 

 reddish brown ; the majority are quite plain. They measure from 

 2-55 to 3-1 in length, and from 1-92 to 2*2 in breadth. 



4. Laid in confinement. Gould CoU. 

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



dens, London). 

 L Laid in contiuement fZrol. Gar- Sah-in-Godman Coll. 



dens, London, 17th July). 

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



dens, London). 



1. Yorkshire (A. Darky). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Punjab. Prof. Oldham [P.]. 



2. Allv'gurh. Aug. Hume Coll. 

 .3. Mu'ttia, 16th Oct. Hume Coll. 



5. Etawah. Hume Coll. 

 1, Etawah, 14th .July (A. 0. Hume). Hume Coll. 

 4. Etawah, loth July. Hume Coll. 



3. Etawah, Aug. Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 10th Aug. Hume Coll. 



4. Etawah, 2oth Aug. (A. 0. Hume). Hume Coll. 



6. Jhansi, 18th July {F. R. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



4. Jhansi, 5th Aug'. {F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 

 6. Jhansi, loth Aug. (F. R. £.). Hume Coll. 



2. Allahabad, 19th July. Hume Coll. 



5. E,aipur, 13th July. Hume Coll. 



Pavo muticus, Linn. 



Pavo muticus, Himie i^ Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 93 (1879) ; Grant, 

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

 p. 280 (1898) ; Hharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 40 (1899). 



The few eggs of the Burmese Pea-Fowl in the Collection resemble 

 those of P. cristatus and are unmarked. They measure from 2'75 

 to 3"4 in length, and from 2-05 to 2"15 in breadth. 



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



dens, London). 

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



dens, London, May). 



Family NUMIDID^. 



Genus NUMIDA, Linn. 



The eggs of the Guinea-Fowls have a very coarse shell, pitted 

 with numerous deep pores. They have little gloss. They are very 

 broad in relation to th^rir length, some being pyriform and others 

 nearly spherical. 



