50 



2. Kotagherry, 22nd March (Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockburn). 



2. Kotagherry, 7th April (Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockburn). 



2. Kullar, Nilghiris, 5th Feb. Hume Coll. 



2. Coonoor, Nilghiris, 15th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Nilghiris, May. Hume Coll. 



2. Tripatore, Feb. Hume Coll. 

 1. S. India. Hume Coll. 



Galliperdix lunulata ( Valenc.}. 

 (Plate IV. fig. 9.) 



Galloperdix lunulatus, Hume 8f Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i.p. 255 (1879) ; 

 Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 425 (1890) ; Grant, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 2(33 (1893) ; Oates, Game Birds Ind. i. 

 p. 220 (1898). 



Galliperdix lunulata, Sharpe, Hand-l i. p. 32 (1899). 



The eggs of the Painted Spur-Fowl do not differ from those of 

 G. spadicea except in being smaller. The four examples in the 

 Collection measure respectively : 1-67 by 1-12 ; T62 by 1-1 ; 1-6 by 

 1-1 ; 1-55 by 1-15. 



1. Raipur, C. Provs. ( F. R. Bleivitt). Hume Coll. 



3. Chanda,9th April (R. Thompson). Hume Coll. 



Genus ITHAGENES, Wagl. 



Ithagenes geoffroyi, Verr. 

 (Plate IY. fig. 7.) 



Ithagenes geoffroyi, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 269 (1893) ; Sharpe. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 33 (1899). 



The eggs of Geoffrey's Blood-Pheasant are of a narrow and 

 elongated oval form, smooth, glossy and of remarkable beauty. 

 The ground-colour is of a pale reddish buff and the whole shell is 

 blotched with very deep reddish brown. They measure from 1-85 

 to 2-05 in length, and from 1'25 to 1-3 in breadth. 



6. Ta-tsien-lu, West China (A. E. Seebohm Coll. 



Pratt}. 



Genus TRAGOPAN, Cuvier. 

 Tragopan satyra (Linn.). 



Satyra (Tragopan) sahprus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vdg. p. 52, tab. xii. 



fig. 4 (1845-54). 

 Ceriorais satyra, Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 137 (1879) ; 



Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 117, pi. viii. fig. 4 ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 



$ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 409 (1890). 

 Tragopan satyra, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 271 (1893) ; Oates, 



Game Birds Ind. i. p. 241 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l i. p. 33 (1899). 



The sole egg of the Crimson Horned Pheasant in the Collection is 

 of a regular oval shape, without gloss and of a dull white, closely 

 freckled all over with pale lilac. It measures 2'4 by 1*8. Several 



