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In shape the eggs are typically of an oval form, the majority being 

 somewhat sharply pointed. They are very glossy. 



European eggs, so far as they are represented in the Collection, 

 are of fire types: (1) plain white ; (2) plain, pale greenish blue; 

 (3) white, very minutely speckled all over with pale purple and 

 dark purplish brown ; (4) pinkish white, densely speckled all over 

 with reddish brown ; (5) pale blue, speckled and spotted with pinkish 

 brown and underlying pale lilac, or with dark chocolate-brown. 



Indian eggs, though varying slightly among themselves, may be 

 considered as of one type. They are white, marked with reddish 

 brown and underlying pale lilac. The markings are for the most part 

 small specks, sometimes small spots, or the two combined. In a 

 few specimens there is a ring of confluent blotches round the larger 

 end with comparatively few markings elsewhere. 



They measure from "So to *68 in length, and from *44 to *48 in 

 breadth. 



(>. Valencia, Spain (II. Saunders). 



4. Andalucia (A. Ruiz : Hargitt 



Coll.). 



7. Malaga, Spain, 5th June (II. S.). 



1. Southern Spain, 21st May. 

 4. Southern Spain, 13th June. 

 4. Southern Spain, 15th June. 

 .". Southern Spain, 16th July. 



2. Southern Spain. 



3. Southern Spain. 

 3. Southern Spain. 



3. Algeria (Loche). 



4. Algeria, June (H. B. Tristram). 

 2. Sikhim Terai, India, 5th April. 

 2. Sikhim Terai, 26th April. 



1. Sikhim Terai, 2nd May. 

 4. Sikhim Tend. 21st May. 



2. Sikhim Terai, 25th .Ma v. 

 2. Sikhim Terai, 29th May. 

 4. Sikhim Terai, 29th May. 

 1. Sikhim Terai, 28th July. 

 .'!. Sikhim Terai, 9th Aug. 



1. Sikhim Terai, 26th Aug. 



2. Sikhim Terai, 28th Sept. 



3. Delhi, 27th March ( C. T. Bingham). 



4. Delhi, 29th June (('. T. B.). 

 1. Etawah, 14th Aug. 



4. Etawah, 28th Aug. 



10. Raipur, C. Prov. 



3, Raipur, 8th July. 

 1. Raipur, 11th July. 



4. Saugor, C. Prov. 



1. Ceylon, May (A. L. Butler). 

 4. Pegu, 7th June (E. W. Oates). 



2. Pegu, 7th Sept. (E. W. O.). 

 2. I'egu, 1st Oct. (E. W. O.). 

 1. Pegu, 2nd Nov. (E. W. O.). 



Seehohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seehohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seehohm Coll. 

 Seehohm Coll. 

 Seehohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowlev Bequest. 

 Home Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 



