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5. India. Gould"' Coll. 

 4. Sirsa, Punjab, 25tli March. Hume Coll. 

 7. Sirsa. Hume Coll. 



1. Hansi, Punjab, 2nd June. Hume Coll. 



2. Hansi, 21st May. Hume Coll. 

 4. Sambhur. Hume Coll. 



3. Sambhur, 24th April. Hume Coll. 



4. Sambhur, 1st May. Hume Coll. 



4. Sind (J. H. Gould). Gould Coll. 



2. Sind (J. H. G.). ' Salvin-Godinan Coll, 



7. Saharanpur, 7th April (G. F. L. Marshall). Hume Coll. 



6. Delhi, 3rd April. Hume Coll. 

 2. Delhi, 23rd April (C. T. Bingham). Hume Coll. 



2. Delhi, 7th May (C. T. B.). Hume Coll. 



3. Gurgaon, 3rd March. Hume Coll. 



3. Agra, 27th March. Hume Coll. 

 2. Etawah. Hume Coll. 



5. Etawah, 25th March. Hume Coll. 

 1. Jhansi, llth May. Hume Coll. 

 1. Mirzapur, 5th March. Hume Coll. 



1. Ceylon. E. L. Layard, Esq. 



Prancolinus kirki, Hartl. 



Francolinus kirki, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 149 (1893) : Sharpe, 

 Hand-L i. p. 23 (3899). 



The eggs of Kirk's Francolin have an excessively thick coarse 

 shell, deeply pitted all over. They are of a pale yellowish cream- 

 colour. Pour examples measure respectively : 1-46 by 1'17; 1*47 

 by 1-15 ; 1-45 by 1-15 ; 1-49 by M5. 



4. Ruo River, British Central Africa, A. B. Percival. Esq. TC 1. 



4th Dec. 



Francolinus africanus (Steph.). 



Perdix afra, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 32, tab. vii. fig. 11 (1845-54), 

 Francolinus afer, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds 8. Africa, p. 595 (1875-84), 

 Francolinus africanus, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 152 (1893): 

 Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 24 (1899). 



Of the two eggs of the Pearl-breasted Francolin in the Collection, 

 one is of a pale stone-colour, the other of a pale olive-brown. 

 Both are sprinkled with very minute brown specks. They measure 

 respectively: 1-55 by 1-15; 1-55 by 1-2. 



1. Cape Colony. H. F. Walter, Esq. [P.]. 



1. South Africa (E. L. Layard). E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



Francolinus gularis (Temm.}. 

 (Plate III. fig. 7.) 



Ortygornis gularis, Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds 2nd. ii. p. 59 (1879) ; 



Oates ed. Hume, Nests $Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 437 (1890) : Oates, Game 



Birds Ind. i. p. 174 (1898). 

 Francolinus gularis, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 158 (1893) : Sharpe. 



Hand-L i. p. 24 (1899). 



The eggs of the Indian Swamp-Partridge are of a pale rufous 



