Mr. K. B. Sharpe on Birds from Fao. Ill 



An adult and young male of the smaller race [A. bengalen- 

 sis, auct.), shot on the 29th and 30th of August. 



50. Ceryle rudis (L.) : Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. p. 61, 

 pi. 19. 



A pair shot in January. 



Count Salvador! (Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) iv. p. 585, 

 1886) has argued for the separation of the Indian Black- 

 and-White Kingfisher {Ceryle varia, Strickl.) from the African 

 form (the true C. rudis). I have recently gone over the large 

 series in the British Museum, and I have come to the con- 

 clusion that there really are two recognizable races. The 

 African bird, which is now shown to extend as far eastward 

 as Fao, has the base of the tail spotted or barred with black. 



51. TuRTUR CAMBAYENsis (Gm.) : Blanf. t. c. p. 270. 

 An adult bird ; January. 



52. TuRTUR TURTUR (L.). 



Turtur auritus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 489. 

 Mr. Gumming sends nine eggs. Axis 1*1-1*25, diam. 

 0-85-0-9. 



53. Pterocles ARENARius (Pall.) : Gates, ed. Hume^s 

 Nests & Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 361. 



Mr. Gumming sends an egg of this species of the charac- 

 teristic shape and colour, the ground-colour being stony buff, 

 spotted all over with brown or olive-brown, with underlying 

 fainter markings of purplish grey. Axis 1*95, diam. 1'25. 



54. Francolinus vulgaris (Steph.) : Gates, ed. Hume's 

 Nests & Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 428 (1890). 



Twenty-two eggs sent by Mr. Gumming show four types 

 of colour : plain olive, dark olive, bluish olive, and dark stone- 

 colour. Axis 1-6-2-0, diam. 1-2-1-35. 



55. GoTURNix coTURNix (L.) : Sharpe, t. c. p. 489. 



A female (weight 4^ oz.), shot on the 14th of September. 



56. Crex crex, L. : Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 490. 

 No. 28. Adult female, October 16th. 



