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very variable, and range from light chestnut and reddish-brown to 
yellowish-umber or dark umber-brown, while the underlying shell- 
markings are grey or lilac-grey. In some clutches the markings 
are rather faint and distributed all over the shell, but generally 
more numerous towards the larger end; in the majority, however, 
the markings are more or less concentrated towards one end, usually 
the larger, and in the more heavily spotted examples form a zone 
or cap. The markings vary much in shape, in some eggs they tuke 
the form of large irregular spots and small blotches, while in others 
only small rounded spots are to be seen. They vary in length from 
1:1 to 1:2, and in breadth from °72 to °89. 
2. {North-West Provinces. ]} W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq, 
lee 
J. {North-West Provinces], Ist May Gee Bequest. 
(Lield Coll.). 
2. Hansi, Punjab, 21st April. Tume Coll, 
4, Hansi, 5rd May (HW. blewitt). Hume Coll, 
4, Hansi, 14th May. Tiume Coll, 
3. Hfansi, 26th May. Hume Coll, 
& Hansi, 4th June. Itume Coll. 
4. Mussoorie (7. Hutton). tiume Coll. 
3. Bareilly, 8th May (A. O. Hume). Hume Coll. 
1. Bareilly, 19th May (A. O. HL). Hume Coll. 
2. Bareilly, 22nd May (A. O. H.). Hume Coll, 
ie Bareilly, 3rd June (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 
2. Bareilly, 16th June (4. O. H.). Tiume Coll. 
2. Agra, 9th Aug. (A. O. H.). TLume Coll, 
2. Lucknow, 8th May. Hume Coll. 
2. Lucknow, 15th May. Hume Coll. 
3. Lucknow, 17th May. Hume Coll. 
83, Lucknow, 21st May. Hume Coll. 
1. Allahabad, 9th July (C. 7. Hume Coll. 
Bingham). 
3. Mirzapur, 23rd May (W. E. Crowley Bequest. 
Brooks). 
2. Barrackpur (2. C. Beavan). Salvin-Godman Coll, 
2. Sikhim Terai, India, 16th April. Hume Coll. 
2, Sikhim Terai, 2nd May. Hume Coll. 
5. Sikhim Terai, 8th May. Hume Coll. 
5. Sikhim Terai, 12th May. Hume Coll. 
3. Sikhim Terai, 13th May. Hume Coll. 
3. Sikhim Terai, 27th May. Hume Coll, 
4, Saugor, Central Provinces, 8th Itume Coll. 
July. 
8. Saugor, 20th July. Hume Coll. 
Dendrocitta frontalis, MWeClell. 
Dendrocitta frontalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 78 (1877) ; Oates, 
Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 83 (1889); Stuart Baker, Journ. 
Bomb. N. HH. Soe. vii. p. 166 (1893); td., Ibis, 1895, p. Al; id., 
This, 1906, p. 85; Sharpe, Hand-l. y. p. 607 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. 
Eiersamml. p. 360 (1910), 
