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PHASIANID^. NUMIDID2E. 



strong glossy shell. In colour they vary from dull white or cream- 

 colour to reddish buff. A few specimens are thickly freckled with 

 reddish brown ; the majority are quite plain. They measure from 

 2-55 to 3-1 in length, and from 1-92 to 2-2 in breadth. 



Laid in confinement. 



Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- 

 dens, London). 



Laid in confinement (Zrol. Gar- 

 dens, London, 17th July). 



Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- 

 dens, London). 



Yorkshire (A. Darley). 



Punjab. 



Allygurh. Aug. 



Muttra, 16th Oct. 



Etawah. 



Etawah, 14th July (A. O. Hume). 



Etawah, 15th July. 



Etawah, Aug. 



Etawah, 10th Aug. 



Etawah, 25th Aug. (A. O. Hume). 



Jhansi, 18th July (F. R. Bkwitt). 



Jhansi, 5th Aug. (F. R. B.). 



Jhansi, 15th Aug. (F. R. B.). 



Allahabad, 19th July. 



Raipur, 13th July. 



Gould Coll. 

 Zool. Society. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Prof. Oldham [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Pavo muticus, Linn. 



Pavo muticus, Hume 8f Marsh. Game Birds 2nd. i. p. 93 (1879) ; Grant, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 371 (1893) ; Oates, Game Birds Ind. i. 

 p. 280 (1898) j Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 40 (18b>9). 



The few eggs of the Burmese Pea-Powl in the Collection resemble 

 those of P. cristatus and are unmarked. They measure from 2'75 

 to 3-4 in length, and from 2-05 to 2-15 in breadth. 



2. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- 

 dens, London). 



2. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- 

 dens, London, May). 



Zool. Society. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Family NUMIDID^E. 



Genus NUMIDA, Linn. 



The eggs of the Guinea-Fowls have a very coarse shell, pitted 

 with numerous deep pores. They have little gloss. They are very 

 broad in relation to their length, some being pyriform and others 

 nearly spherical. 



