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coloiir, marked with pale rufous. In one of the four specimous in 

 the Collection the markings consist of small dots and large coutiuent 

 freckles. In the others the markings consist of large blotches, 

 frequently confluent and mingled with some specks and spots. 

 They have no gloss, and measure respectively : 1-35 by 1 ; I'lia 

 by -95; 1-35 by I; 1-3 by 1-02. 



4. Medellin, Autioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ( T. K. Salmon). 



Eupsychortyx nigrigularis (Godd). 



Eiipsychortyx uigrogularis, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 412 (1893). 

 Eupsychortyx nigrigulari.s, Sharpe, Iland-l. i. p. 4.5 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black-throated Crested Quail are plain white 

 and fairly glossy. The two specimens in the Collection measure 

 respectively: 1-1.5 by -9; 1-27 by -87. 



1. Honduras (Di/son). Old Collection. 



1. Valladolid, Yucatan (Gaumer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Eupsychortyx hypoleucus, Gould. 



Eupsychortyx hvpoleucus, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 413 (1893) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 45 (1899). 



The eggs of the White-breasted Crested Quail are plain white 

 and very glossy. They measure from I'lo to 1*3 in length, and 

 from -95 to 1*02 in breadth. 



8. San Geronimo, Guatemala. Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



Genus COLINUS, Less. 



The eggs of the Colins or ' Bob-Whites ' are pyriform, plain white, 

 and slightly glossy. 



Colinus virginianus (Linn.). 



Perdix virginiaua, Tftien. Fortpjianz. <jes. Tog, p. 33, tab. vii. fig. 13 



(1840-54). 

 Ortyx virginianus, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. .328 (1847) ; A. &,■ J']. Newton, 



Ibis, 1859, p. 254 ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 415 (1893). 

 Ortyx virginianus, var. virginiauus, Baird, Brewer & Ridgic. N. Avier. 



' Birds, iii. p. 4(38 (1874). 

 Colinu>i virginianus, Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 1, pi. i. fig. 1 



(1892) ; Sharpe, Iland-l. i. p. 45 (1899). 



The eggs of the Virginian Colin or Bob-White measure from 1-15 

 to 1"3 in length, and from -9 to I in breadth. 



3. Montreal ( Whiteaves: Haryitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 

 0. N. America. Seebohm Coll. 



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