ODONTOPHORID.E. G5 



shell is speckled with very pale yellowish brown. The markings 



are very small, being in no case larger than the head of an ordinary 



pin. The two eggs measure respectively : 2-25 by 1*72 ; 2-2G by 



1-7. 



2. Fort Cobb, Texas {E. Palwr). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus AGRIOCHARIS, Chapman. 



Agriocharis ocellata (Cuv.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 6.) 



Meleagris ocellata, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 39] (1833). 

 Agriocharis ocellata, Sharpe, Iland-l. i. p. 43 (189!)). 



The eggs of the Honduras Turkey do not differ in any particular 

 from those of M. gallopavo. Three specimens measure respectively : 

 2-4 by 1-75 ; 2-4 by 1-8 ; 2-15 by 1-75. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Zool. Society. 



London). 

 1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



London). 

 I. Laid in confinement (Knowsley Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Menagerie). 



Family OUONTOPHORID^. 



The eggs of the birds of this family differ to a remarkable extent 

 both in colour and shape. Many are plain white, and others recall 

 those of the Quails of the Old World. 



Genus DENDRORTYX, Gould. 



Dendrortyx leucophrys (Gould). 



(Plate VII. fig. 7.) 



Dendrortyx leucophrys, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 394 (1893) 

 SAarpe, Hand-l. i. p. 44 (1899). 



An egg of the White-eyebrowcd Long-tailed Partridge in the 

 Collection is a regular oval, smooth and with little gloss, and is of 

 a reddish-buff colour, spotted and blotched with reddish brown. 

 It measures 1-75 by 1'22. 

 1. Coban, Guatemala {Sary). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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