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Turnix sylvatica (Desf.). 



Perdix andalusica, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 36, tab. viii. fig. 4 



(1845-54). 

 Turnix sylvatica, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 67. fig. 4 (1855-63) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 249 (1876) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. 



xxii. p. 537 (1893) ; Sharps, Hand-l. i. p. 48 (1899). 

 Turnix africanus, Hewitson, Ibis, 1859, p. 79, pi. ii. figs. 4, 5. 

 Turnix andalusica, Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 278, pi. 59. fig. '1 



(1896). 



The eggs of the Andalusian Bastard-Quail are greyish white, 

 dotted and speckled with pale purple and yellowish brown, and 

 blotched, generally more densely at the broad end than elsewhere, 

 with very dark brown or black. They vary much in the nature and 

 distribution of the markings. The eggs are pyriform in shape, and 

 measure from. '96 to 1-15 in length, and from *8 to '85 in breadth. 



10. Tangiers (Favier). 

 2. Algeria (Capt. Loche). 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Turnix lepurana (Smith). 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 8.) 



Turnix lepurana, Sharpens ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 608 (1875-84) ; 

 Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 539 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l i. p. 48 

 (1899). 



The eggs of Smith's Bustard-Quail are greyish white with a 

 pinkish tinge, densely spotted and speckled with pale purple, 

 yellowish brown and reddish brown, more thickly at the larger end 

 than elsewhere. The markings have a tendency to be confluent. 

 The three examples in the Collection are pyriform and measure 

 respectively : -87 by -68; -87 by -7; '88 by -72. 



3. Lamu, E. Africa. 



F. J. Jackson, Esq., C.B. [P.]. 



Turnix dussumieri (Temm.). 



Turnix dussumieri, Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 193 (1879) ; 

 Oates ed. Hume, Nests # Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 371 (1890) ; Barnes, 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vi. pi. i. fig. 835 (,1891); Grant, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xxii. p. 540 (1893) ; Oates, Game Birds Ind. i. p. 60 

 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 48 (1899). 



The eggs of the Little Bustard-Quail are greyish or yellowish 

 white, freckled and spotted all over with pale purple and yellowish 

 brown, and generally blotched as well with dark brown or black. 

 These blotches are sometimes few in number and small in size ; 

 at other times they are large and bold. The eggs are pyriform in 

 shape, and measure from '8 to '95 in length, and from '65 to '72 in 

 breadth. 



2. N. India. Hume Coll. 

 1. Hansi, 16th April ( W. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



3. Sholapur. 17th Aug. (J. Davidson). Hume Coll. 



9. Formosa (R. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



