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grey, evenly distributed over the shell. Some examples have small 

 blotches in addition to spots. They measure from 1*7 to 1'85 in 

 length, and from 1*2 to 1-3 in breadth. 



2. Swiss Alps, June. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Swiss Alps. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Switzerland. Seebohm Coll. 



8. Switzerland. Seebohm Coll. 



Caccabis chukar (J. E. Gray}. 



Perdix s^eca, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 67. fig. 2 (1855-63) ; Bree, 



Birds Bur. iii. p. 242, pi. (1867). 

 Caccabis saxatilis, Simpson, Ibis, 1860, p. 388; Tristram, Ibis, 1868, 



p. 213. 

 Caccabis chukar, Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 97 (1875) ; Grant, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xxii. p. 113 (1893); Oates, Game Birds Ind. \. p. 179 



(1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 22 (1899). 

 Caccabis chukor, Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 33 (1879) ; 



Oates ed. Hume, Nests Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 431 (1890). 



Eggs of the Chukor Partridge taken in Greece are frequently 

 unmarked. Those from the Grecian Archipelago and Cyprus are 

 for the most part slightly spotted, and there are only t\vo specimens 

 in the Collection from these parts which may be said to be boldly 

 marked. 



More to the eastward the eggs of this species are found to be in 

 all cases spotted and frequently blotched with purplish, reddish or 

 yellowish brown, and with grey and pink. They measure from 

 1%55 to 1-9 in length, and from 1*15 to 1*3 in breadth. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



dens, London). 



2. Athens, llth April (T. Krilper). Seebohm Coll. 

 9. Athens, 26th April (Seebohm $ Seebohm Coll. 



Krilper}. 



3. Delphi, Greece, 3rd May (8. $ K.}. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Delphi, 3rd May. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Tzipiana, Greece, 6th May ( W. II. Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



Simpson). 



2. The Cyclades, 15th Aug. (T. Seebohm Coll. 

 Krilper). 



4. Cyprus. Lord Lilford [P.]. 

 2. Mount Sinai. Gould Coll. 



1. Marsaba, Palestine, 30th March Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(H. B. Tristram). 



6. Moab, March. Canon Tristram [C. 

 6. Jericho, March. Canon Tristram [C. 

 6. Jericho, March (H. B. Tristram}. Salvin-Godman Col 



4. Kirina, Persia, 1st Oct. Sir Kenneth Loftus [P. 



5. Kurdistan, 24th May. Sir Kenneth Loftus [P. 



2. Tibet, 29th July, * 16,000 feet Hume Coll. 



(F. Wilson). 



2. India. Gould Coll. 



16. Agrore Valley, May. Hume Coll. 



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