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colour, marked with pale rufous. In one of the four specimens in 

 the Collection the markings consist of small dots and large continent 

 freckles. In the others the markings consist of large blotches, 

 frequently confluent and mingled with some specks and spots. 

 They have no gloss, and measure respectively : 1*35 by 1 ; 1*25 

 by -95; 1-35 by 1; 1-3 by 1-02. 



4. Medellin, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ( T. K. Salmon}. 



Eupsychortyx nigrigularis (Gould}. 



Eupsychortyx uigrogularis, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 412 (1893). 

 Eupsychortyx nigrigularis, Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 45 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black-throated Crested Quail are plain white 

 and fairly glossy. The two specimens in the Collection measure 

 respectively: 1*15 by *9 ; 1*27 by '87. 



1. Honduras (Dyson). Old Collection. 



1. Valladolid, Yucatan (Gaumer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Eupsychortyx hypoleucus, Gould. 



Eupsychortyx hypoleucus, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 413 (1893) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 45 (1899). 



The eggs of the White-breasted Crested Quail are plain white 

 and very glossy. They measure from 1*15 to 1*3 in length, and 

 from -95 to 1-02 in breadth. 



8. San Geronimo, Guatemala. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus COLINUS, Less. 



The eggs of the Colins or ' Bob-Whites ' are pyriform, plain white, 

 and slightly glossy. 



Colinus virginianus (Linn.). 



Perdix virginiana, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes. Vb'a. p. 33 ; tab. vii. fig. 13 



(1845-54). 

 Ortyx virginianus, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 328 (1847) ; A. # E. Newton, 



Ibis, 1859, p. 254 ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 415 (1893). 

 Ortvx virginianus, var. virginianus, Baird, Brewer Sc Ridyw. N. Amer. 



Birds, iii. p. 468 (1874). 

 Colinus virginianus, Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 1, pi. i. fig. 1 



(1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 45 (1899). 



The eggs of the Virginian Colin or Bob-White measure from 1-15 

 to 1-3 in length, and from -9 to 1 in breadth. 



3. Montreal (WJiiteaves: Haryitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 

 (>. N. America. Seebohm Coll. 



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