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shape, smooth and glossy. They vary from a pale to a dark cream- 

 colour. Sometimes an example presents the appearance of being 

 speckled, but these markings are probably merely stains resulting 

 from incubation. They measure from 1*11 to 1-35 in length, and 

 from -87 to -95 in breadth. 



3. Coonoor, Nilghiris. Hurne Coll. 



1. Coonoor, 3rd March. Hume Coll. 



2. Coonoor, 12th March. Hume Coll. 

 1. Coonoor, 9th Sept. Hume Coll. 



5. Kotagherry, Nilghiris, 7th April Hume Coll. 



(Miss Cockburn). 



6. Kotagherry, 25th July (Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockburn). 



4. Kotagherry, 1st Sept. (Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockburn). 



3. Ootacamund, 6th March. Hume Coll. 



4. Nilghiris, Dec. Hume Coll. 

 1. Peria, Wynaad (/. Darling, Junior}. Hume Coll. 



Genus ARBORICOLA, Hodgson. 



The eggs of the Hill-Partridges vary from a broad oval shape to- 

 pyriform. Some eggs are plain, others are slightly spotted. 



Arboricola torqueola ( Valenc.) . 

 (Plate III. fig. 5.) 



Arboricola torqueola, Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 69 (1879) ; 

 Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 207 (1893) ; Oates, Game Birds 

 Ind. i. p. 133 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 29 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common Hill- Partridge are pale greenish white, 

 with a few very small ashy spots scattered over the shell. The four 

 specimens in the Collection measure respectively : 1'55 by 1*23 ; 

 1-55 by 1-25; 1-52 by 1-25; 1-6 by 1-25. 



4. [Himalayas.] Old Collection. 



Arboricola atrigularis, Blyth. 



Arboricola atrigularis, Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 79 (1879) ; 

 iii. App. pi. iv. (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. B. iii. 

 p. 439 (1890) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 209 (1893) ; Oates, 

 Game Birds Ind. i. p. 145 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 29 (1899). 



The eggs of the White-cheeked Hill-Partridge are plain white, 

 and measure from 1*33 to 1'43 in length, and from !! to 1*13 in 

 breadth. 



3. Sylhet, 15th April (J. R. Cripps). Hume Coll. 

 2. Sylhet, 18th May (J. R. C.). Hume Coll. 



