42 PHASIANUS COLCHICUS.—TURNIX SYLVATICA, 
[§ 3071. Zhree.—Elveden, before 1848. ] 
[§ 3072. One.—Hiveden, 1852. | 
[§ 3073. Zwo.—kElveden, 1856. | 
[§ 3074. One.—Elveden, June, 1857. ‘“ E. N.” | 
(§ 3075. Four.—Hlveden, 1846-51. 
Three are dwarfs, the smallest measuring but 1:02 by ‘88 inch; the fourth 
pear-shaped, with the shell imperfect at one end. ] 
[§ 3076. CGxe.—Culford, Suffolk, 1852. 
A dwarf, constricted near the middle, so as to be flask-shaped. ] 
TURNIX SYLVATICA (Desfontaines). 
§ 3077. One—Algeria ? From M. Parzgudaki, 1858. 
Given to me by M. Parzudaki. Mr. Simpson tells me the bird 
breeds in confinement, and he knows that there are many eggs got 
about in this way. However, this one agrees exactly with those of a 
nest found by Mr. Tristram’s party in Algeria. 
gos, more than fifty in number, 
[This is most likely to have been one of the e 
laid by a bird kept in confinement by Captain Loche, as mentioned by him in 
the ‘ Exploration Scientifique de l’ Algérie’ (Oiseaux, ii. p. 247).] 
[§ 3078. One.—Forest near Koleah, Algeria, 11 July, 1857. 
From My, ‘Tristram. 
This egg is from a nest which, according to Canon Tristram’s note com- 
municated to Mr. Hewitson and by him published in ‘The Ibis’ for 1859 
(p. 80), was, so far as is known, “ the very first froma bird in a state of nature,” 
and was taken by Captain Loche as above stated. ‘ The nest contained seven 
eggs, nearly fresh. It was placed on the ground in the midst of a dense thicket 
of underwood, most ingeniously concealed, and where no dog could penetrate to 
put up the bird .... I was out with Capt. Loche when he discovered this 
nest, of which he kindly allotted me three eggs.” The remaining two eges were 
