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One pair, fresh. 



Two pairs, one slightly, tlie otlier much incubated. 



Two pairs, both considerably incubated. 



One pair, fresh. 



One pair, incubated. 



Three pairs, one considerably, the other two slightly 



incubated. 

 Two pairs, hard set. 



One pair, would have hatched in three days or so. 

 One pair, slightly set. 

 A single egg, much incubated. 

 Two pairs, slightly incubated. 

 One pair, set. 

 A single egg, fresh. 

 A single egg, almost fresh. 

 A pair, fresh. 

 A pair, hard-set. 

 A pair, hard-set. 



Two pairs, one slightly, the other considerably incubated. 

 A single egg, bard-set. 

 One pair, hard-set. 

 One pair, fresh. 

 One pair, fresh. 

 Two pairs, fresh. 

 One pair (not taken away). 

 Four eggs, close together, not taken. 



Thus, of the eighty-five eggs recorded it will be seen that they 

 were found as follows : — 



In February, 2 In April, 35 In June, 8 



In March, 24 In May, 13 In July, 4 



The four eggs seen in July were in some grass-land which had 

 been flooded and were actually under water when found, so that they 

 must have been laid some time in the middle of June at latest. The 

 gentleman who found them was after tiger at the time and did not 

 remove them. 



In every case the eggs had been laid on the ground in small bare 

 patches in the centre of fields of sun-grass, or uloo grass, these being 

 generally of considerable extent, seldom near any village or habita- 

 tion, and most of them surrounded by dense forests or cane jungle. 



The eggs are exceptionally difficult to find owing both to the 

 great extent of country one has to cover and to the natural cuteness 



