32 PHA8IAXIDJ!. 



The eggs vary from 2-5 to 2-8 in length, and from 1/75 to 2 in 

 breadth. 



1. Samarcand, 21st April. Seebohui Coll. 



1. Gilgit, 10,000 feet, 28th April Seebohm Coll. 



(Dr. Scully). 



6. Ladak. Hume Coll. 



4. Nelang, 14,000 feet, 10th June. Hume Coll. 

 1. Lahoul. Hume Coll. 

 6. Hills near Gangaotri. Hume Coll. 



1. Himalayas. Major Charlton [P.]. 



5. Himalayas. Hume Coll. 



Tetraogallus caspius((7m.). 



Tetraogallus caspius, Danford, Ibis, 1878, p. 29 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. 

 p. 241 (1878) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 108 (1893) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l i. p. 22 (1899). 



The eggs of the Caspian Snow-Cock measure 2' 6 in length, and 

 from 1*8 to 1*87 in breadth. 



4. Taurus, Asia Minor, 23rd April. C. G. Danford, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Taurus, 25th April. C. G. Daiiford, Esq. [P.]. 



Tetraogallus caucasicus (Pall.). 



Oreotetrax caspia, Cab. J.f. O. 1873, p. 63, tab. iii. fig. 36. 



Tetraogallus caucasicus, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iv. p. Ill, pi. 

 (1875) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 237 (1878) ; Grant, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxii. p. 109 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 22 (1899). 



Megaloperdix caucasica, Lorenz, Beitr. Orn. Kaukas. p. 55 (1887). 



The eggs of the Caucasian Snow-Cock measure from 2-55 to 2- 7 

 in length, and from 1'7 to 1'75 in breadth. 



2. Caucasus (Lorenz). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Caucasus, 22nd Ma}'. Seebohm Coll. 



Genus CACCABIS, Kaup. 



The eggs of the Red-legged Partridges are typically of a regular 

 oval form, but pyriform eggs are of frequent occurrence. They 

 vary in colour from a pale creamy white to a pale creamy buff and 

 they are generally spotted. The shell is smooth and glossy. 



Caccabis saxatilis (Wolf $ Meyer). 



Perdix prseca, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Voq. p. 27, tab. vii. figs. 5 a. b 



(1845-54). 



Perdix saxatilis, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 21. fig. 3 (1855-63). 

 Caccabis saxatilis, Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 93 (1875) ; Grant, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xxii. p. Ill (1893) j Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 22 (1899). 



The markings on the eggs of the Rock Red-legged Partridge 

 consist of specks and small spots of pale reddish brown or purplish 



