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There is, as in A^. meleagris, Sic, a foramen on the upper 

 surface of the maiiubriuni sterni. The posterior lateral 

 processes are again intermediate; the neck uniting the tM^o 

 branches of the process to the body of the sternum is wider 

 than in Gallus, but not so wide as in Numida. The depth 

 of the keel is suggestive of Nvniida, but its form is more 

 like that of Gallus. The mode of attachment of the ribs is like 

 that of Gallus ; but, as already explained, Numida melear/ris 

 alone of the genus Numida also agrees with Gallus. 



In the scapula the hook-like process of the acromion is 

 not quite so patent as it is in Numida, 



The pelvis (fig. 6, p. 342) is on the whole like that of 

 Numida. The prepvibic processes are small, and the backward 

 projection of the ilia but little marked ; there is, however, — 

 and this is a resemblance to Gallus (fig. 7, p. 343) — a con- 

 siderable attachment between the pubis and the ischium. 



In addition to the osteology of tJje hybrid, I have examined 

 the syrinx. The syrinxes of both Gallus and Numida have 

 been described and figured by Garrod in his well-known paper 

 upon the trachea in the Gallinaceous birds *. I need not 

 recapitulate his descriptions, as they are accessible to every 

 one ; I may state that the syrinx of the hybrid was quite 

 intermediate in its characters. There was a complete bony 

 bar below, uniting the extremities of the last rings before the 

 bifurcation ; but, as in Gallus and not as in Numida, there 

 were no lateral gaps between the few last tracheal rings. 



XXVII. — Birds' -nesting in and around Lucknoiv. — No. III. f 

 By William Jesse. 



After an unsuccessful season in 1897, owing to illness, 1898 

 made amends to me for previous disappointments, inasmuch 

 as I found the nests and took the eggs of some 26 species 

 new to me. Many of these are of course really common, 

 and, as they had been brought to me often before and have 



* P. Z. S. 1879, p. 354. 



t For previous papers on the same subject see Ibis, 1896, p. 185, and 

 1897, p. 554. 



