CACCABIS. AMMOPEKDIX. 



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Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 223 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. Ill (1875) ; 

 Divon, Ibis, 1882, p. 577 ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 120 

 (1893) ; Irby, Orn. Sir. Oibr. 2nd ed. p. 239 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l 

 i. p. 22 (1899). 



The eggs of the Barbary Red-legged Partridge are more variable 

 in colour than those of any other species of the genus. 



Some are very minutely and closely spotted with rufous, and 

 others are very boldly blotched and smudged with the same. Some 

 examples from Tunis are marked with greyish brown, without a 

 trace of rufous. The markings on a few specimens are so minute 

 that they might easily pass unobserved. The eggs measure from 

 1-55 to 1-75 in length, and from 1*15 to 1'25 in breadth. 



1. 

 1. 

 1. 

 1. 



1. 



8. 

 3. 

 8. 

 5. 



4. 

 3. 



Gibraltar (H. Saunders}. 



Tangiers (L. H. Irby}. 



N. Africa. 



N. Africa. 



N. Africa. 



Tunis. 



Algeria, April (H. B. Tristram). 



Algeria, May (C. Dixori). 



Kef Laks, Algeria, 15th April 



(O. Salvin). 



Kef Laks, 16th April (O. &). 

 Kef Laks, 20th April (O. &). 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 H. F. Walter, Es 

 R. T. Frere, Esq. 

 Louis Fraser, Esq? [C.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus AMMOPERDIX, Gould. 



The eggs of the Rock-Partridges vary in shape from a broad 

 oval to pyriform, but sometimes they are narrow and elongated. 

 The shell is fine and smooth and usually possesses a considerable 

 amount of gloss. 



In colour the eggs vary from white to creamy-white or pale buff. 

 Some few specimens are speckled with grey and reddish brown, but 

 the majority are quite plain. 



Ammoperdix bonhami (Fraser). 

 (Plate II. figs. 1 & 2.) 



Ammoperdix bonhami, Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds 2nd. ii. p. 45 (1879) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 117 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs 

 Ind. B. iii. p. 433 (1890) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 123 

 (1893) ; Oates, Game Birds Ind. i. p. 185 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 

 p. 23 (1899). 



The eggs of the Seesee Partridge, or Bonhanrs Rock-Partridge, 

 measure from 1*3 to 1/5 in length, and from 1 to 1*1 in breadth. 



9. Jask, Gulf of Oman, April. 



12. Khewra, Salt Range, Punjab, 



23rd April. 

 9. Punjab. 

 4. Attock, 5th May. 



13. [KW. India.] 



8. Butcher, Esq. [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



Prof. Oldham [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



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