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rather thicker than that of any recent Ostrich-egg which 

 has been measured. The Ken or Kain River is a tributary 

 of the Jumna and Banda, in the United Provinces to the 

 south-west of Allahabad. As in recent times no Struthious 

 bird has been known in India, I think it important to place 

 the result of Dr. Andrews's examination on record, and for 

 the sake of reference propose to call the species Strut hio 

 indicus. 



Text-fiff. 7. 



Fragments of Egg-shell of Indian Ostrich. 



The smallest of the seven fragments of shell was sacrificed 

 for the microscopical examination ; the photograph (taken to 

 scale) of the other six well shews the arrangement of the 

 pores. 



That these fragments may be available for comparison, I 

 have given the box and three of them to the Natural History 

 Museum, two to the Hon. Walter Rothschild for the Tring 

 Museum, and the other I am sending to the Calcutta 

 Museum. 



1 trust that this small matter may direct the attention of 



