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p. 313 (1896) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 23 (1893) ; Oates, 

 Game Birds 2nd. i. p. 41 (1898). 

 Pteroclia coronatus, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 51 (1899). 



An egg of the Coronetted Sand-Grouse in the Collection is cream- 

 coloured, with surface-spots and dashes of yellowish brown evenly 

 distributed over the whole shell. It measures 1*6 by 1*05. 



1. Chaman, Afghanistan, 27th May Hume Coll. 



(H. E. Barnes). 



Pteroclis fasciatus (Scop.). 



Pterocles fasciatus, Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 59 (1879), 

 iii. App. pi. ii. (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests fy Ec/ys Ind. B. iii. 

 p. 364 (1890) : Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 27 (1893) ; Oates, 

 Game Birds Ind. i. p. 45 (1898). 



Pteroclis fasciatus, Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 51 (1899). 



The ground-colour of the eggs of the Indian Painted Sand- 

 Grouse is pinkish white, pinkish buff or salmon-pink. The surface- 

 markings consist of specks and spots of pale reddish brown : these 

 are generally evenly distributed over the shell, but sometimes they 

 are collected at one end. A few examples have some large blotches 

 of bright reddish brown at the larger end. Specimens measure 

 from 1-3 to 1-6 in length, and from -9 to 1-05 in breadth. 



1. Delhi, 30th May (C. T. Bingham}. Hume Coll 



1. Hoshungabad, 6th May (E. C. Nunn). Hume Coll. 



2. Sambhur (R. M. Adam). Hume Coll. 



3. Sambhur, 20th April (R. M. A.). Hume Coll. 



4. Sambhur, 20th April (R. M. A.). Hume Coll. 



2. Sambhur, 27th April (R. M. A.). Hume Coll. 



3. Sambhur, 1st May (R. M. A.). Hume Coll. 

 3. Sambhur, 4th May (R. M. A.). Hume Coll. 

 3. Sambhur, 8th May (R. M. A.}. Hume Coll. 

 3. Sambhur, 8th May (R. M. A.). Hume Coll. 



2. Sambhur, 8th May (R. M. A.). Hume Coll. 



3. Sambhur, 21st May (JR. M. A.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Chanda, C. Provs., 28th Nov. Hume Coll. 



(R. Thompson). 



Order CO LU MBIFO RMES. 



The eggs of the Pigeons are white, the shell being almost 

 invariably fine and smooth. The amount of gloss is variable. 



They are normally of a perfect elliptical shape, both ends being 

 equally rounded. Occasionally specimens are biconical or spheroidal 

 in form ; oval-shaped eggs are rarely met with. 



In many large series of the eggs of the Pigeons, a number 

 of specimens may be noticed of a drab or brown colour or with a 



