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3. Egypt, 27th March (S. S. Allen). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Damietta, Egypt (S. S. A.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 4. Damietta, 8th March. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Damietta, 26th March (J. H. Seebohm Coll. 



Cochrane). 



4. Damietta, 16th April. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Ambukol, Soudan, 7th May Seebohm Coll. 



(Col. WillouyUy Verner}. 

 ,ni, Soudan, April ( W. F. ). 



4. Tani, Soudan, April ( W. V.). Seebohm Coll. 



Hoplopterus ventralis ( Wagl.). 



Hoplopterus ventralis, Hartinq, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 455, pi. Ix. fig. 3 ; 

 Gates, ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs In<L Birds, iii. p. 347 (1890) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 159 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 151 (1899). 



Vanellus ventralis, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidee, p. 227 (1887). 



The eggs of the Indian Spur-winged Lapwing are either pyriform 

 or of a pointed oval shape. They are almost entirely gloss-less. 

 The ground-colour is pale buff, sometimes very decidedly tinged 

 with green, and this is rather delicately marked with spots and 

 small blotches of black or dark brown. The underlying markings 

 are pale purple and inconspicuous. Occasionally the markings are 

 large and coarse, and sometimes they are linear or streaky. Speci- 

 mens measure from T42 to 1-78 in length, and from 1-12 to 1%3 in 

 breadth. 



4. Delhi, 14th May (C. T. Bingham). Hume Coll. 



1. Kotri Dhoon, N.W. P., 7th April. Hume Coll. 



1. Futtehgurh (A. Anderson). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Allahabad. Hume Coll. 



1. Allahabad. Hume Coll. 

 4. Allahabad, 7th March. Hume Coll. 

 4. Etawah, 12th March (A. O. Hume Coll. 



Hume), 



4. Etawah, 12th March (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



4. Etawah, 12th March (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



3. Etawah, 13th March (A, O. H.). Hume Coll. 



3. Etawah, 14th March (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 14th March (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



4. Etawah, 15th March (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 15th March (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 

 4. Etawah, 15th March (A. O. H.}. Hume Coll. 

 1. Etawah, 17th March (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



3. Etawah, 27th March (A. 0. H.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Saugor, C. Provs. Hume Coll. 



Hoplopterus speciosus ( Wagl.}. 



Hoplopterus armatus, Ay res, Ibis, 1869, p. 299. 



Hoplopterus speciosus, Gurney, in Anderss. Bird* Dam.-Land, p. 267 

 (1872) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 667 (1875-84) ; 



