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clutches reported to me, none were found in any constructed nest ; 

 three were found in little clumps of grass at the feet of tea-bushes, 

 and the rest amidst dead leaves and moss, a little scratched away, 

 under the cover of bushes or tufts of ferns, or at the base of over- 

 hanging rocks. 



Ten seems to be the full number of eggs ; at least this is the 

 largest clutch reported to me. 



Dr. Jerdon states that " its eggs are occasionally found by the 

 coolies when weeding the tea-gardens (near Darjeeling) in June 

 and July, and are usually, I am told, five to eight in number." 



A nest obtained near Darjeeling in July contained six eggs of 

 the usual Kalij type, that is to say, broad regular ovals, but little 

 compressed towards the small -end, of a decided cafe-au-lait tinge. 

 The shell strong and hard ; the surface everywhere covered with 

 minute pits, but withal fairly glossy. 



The eggs are of course of the regular game-fowl type, varying 

 very much in size and shape (some being much broader, others 

 more oval), as also in tint. They ring the changes from pale 

 pinky creamy and pale cafe-au-lait to a rich cafe with a little milk 

 in it. 



The eggs vary from 179 to 2 inches in length, and from 1*4 to 

 1*54 in breadth ; but the average of a large series is 1*91 by 1*47. 



Euplocamus horsfieldi, G. E. Gray. The Black-breasted Kalij. 



Euplocamus horsfieldi, O. R. Gr., Hume, Cat. no. 810 ter. 



This species lays mostly in April and May, but nests may be 

 found towards the close of March and well into June. 



My friend Mr. Cripps found a nest on the 29th March, 1875, in 

 Sylhet, and caught the female sitting on it. " The nest," he says, 

 w was composed of a heap of dry leaves, a foot in diameter and about 

 six inches in height ; the egg-cavity was 5 by 4 ; no lining ; the 

 eggs were four in number and perfectly fresh ; the site chosen was 

 at the foot of a large tree standing on a piece of flat land between 

 two hillocks." 



He found another nest on the 22nd March, 1879, with two fresh 

 eggs, at Khowang in Assam. 



The eggs are of the usual Kalij type, very regular, rather broad 

 ovals, with rather strong and coarse shells, very conspicuously 

 pitted all over with minute pores and with a faint gloss. In 

 colour they vary from pale buff to a warm rich cafe-au-lait. 



In length the few eggs I possess vary from 1-8 to 1-9 and in 

 breadth from 1'45 to 1*5. 



Euplocamus lineatus (Lath.). The Burmese Lineated Pheasant. 



Euplocamus lineatus (Lath.), Hume, Rough Draft N. $ E. no. 809 

 ter ; id. Cat. no. 811 ter. 



Mr. Gates has sent me the following note in regard to the nidi- 



