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cap at the large end, but solitary eggs occur in which there is a cap 

 at the small end. Three fairly well marked types may be sei)arately 

 described. First, an egg thickly mottled aud streaked all over with 

 deep blood-red, which is entirely confluent over one-third of the 

 surface, namely at the large end, and leaves less than a third of the 

 ground-colour visible as a paler mottling over the rest of the surface. 

 Then there is another type with a very delicate pure pink ground, 

 and with a few large, bold, deep red blotches, chiefly at the large 

 end, where they are intermingled with a few small pale inky-purple 

 clouds, aud with only a few spots and specks of the former colour 

 scattered over the rest of the surface. Lastly, there is a pale dingy 

 piidv ground, speckled almost uniformly, but only moderately thickly, 

 over the whole surface, with minute specks and spots of blood-red 

 and pale inky purple." These three main types indicated by 

 Mr. Hume are now figured (PI. X. figs. 15, 16, 17). 



In size, the eggs also vary exceedingly, ranging in length from 

 •72 to 1, and in breadth from '57 to '68. 



1. 



Barcilly, N.W. Provs., India, 31st 



JMay. 

 Bareiliy, 4tli June. 

 Bareilly, 6th June. 

 Bareiliy, ]2th .t loth June. 

 Bareiliy, lOtli June. 

 Bareiliy, 17th June. 

 Bareiliy, IStli June. 

 Bareiliy, 19th June. 

 BareillV, 20th June. 

 Bareiliy, 22nd June. 

 Agra, ]7th June. 

 Agra, 18th June. 

 Agra, 24th June. 

 Agi-ii, 26tli July. 

 Agra, 28tli July. 

 Mirzapur ( W. K Brooks : Tristram 



Coll.). 

 JJiansi, 15tli June. 

 Jhau.si, 26t]i June. 

 N.W, Provinces. 



Dellii, 2oth Uny (C. T. Binf/ham). 

 Delhi, 27th Muy (C. T. B.). 

 Delhi, 23rd Juiie (C. T. B.). 

 Delhi, Blh July (C. T. B.). 

 Sambliur, Ist JNIay (7i. M. Adam). 

 Sanibhur, 3rd-10th July {B. M. A.). 

 Saugor, C. Provt<., 21st June. 

 Saugor, lltli July. 

 Hosliungabad, 2(Jth March {E. C. 



Ninin). 

 Central India. 

 Central India (R. C. Beavan: 



Tristram Coll.). 

 Maunbhuni, Bengal, 10th May 



{B. C, Beavan). 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Iluiue C'oll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll, 

 Huuie Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Iluuie Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 HuniG Coll, 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Purchased. 

 Crowley Bequest, 



Salviu-Godman Coll. 



