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4. Chot Saboun, Algeria, 15th 



June (H. B, Tristram $ W. 



H. Simpson). 



2. Zana, Algeria, llth June (H. B. 



T. $ W. H. &). 



4. Zana, 15th June (H. B. T. $ 



W. H. S.). 



4. Zana, llth June. 



4. Zana, llth June (0. Salvin). 



2. Zana, 19th June. 



1. Egypt (Hargitt Coll.}. 



3. Sultanpur *, India, 26th April. 



3. Sultanpur, 1st May. 

 16. Sultanpur, 5th May. 



15. Sultanpur, 10th May. 

 12. Sultanpur, llth May. 



2. Sultanpur, 12th May. 



4. Sultanpur, 14th May. 

 14. Sultanpur, 15th May. 



2. Sultanpur, 17th May. 



8. Sultanpur, 18th May. 

 22. Sultanpur, 20th May. 

 14. Sultanpur, 22nd May. 



16. Sultanpur, 25th May. 

 4. Sultanpur, 26th May. 

 4. Sultanpur, 30th May. 



6. Sultanpur, 3rd June. 



7. Sultanpur, 5th June. 



9. Sultanpur, 8th June. 



6. Sultanpur, llth June. 



3. Sultanpur, 12th June. 

 2. Sultanpur, 15th June. 

 2. Sultanpur, 2nd July. 



10. Sultanpur, 3rd July. 



7. Mahmoodpur, 2nd July. 

 6. Moobarikpur, 13th June. 



21. Moobarikpur, 25th June. 



2. Moobarikpur, 3rd July. 



3. Moobarikpur, llth July. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm 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. 

 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. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Himantopus melanurus ( F.). 

 (Plate II. fig. 9.) 



Himantopus brasiliensis, Durnford, Ibis, 1878, p. 67 ; Gibson, Ibis, 1880, 

 p. 162 ; Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 281 (1887) ; Sol. $ 

 Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 179 (1889) ; Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 211. 



Himantopus melanurus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 316 (1896) ; 

 id. Hand-l. i. p. 156 (1899). 



The eggs of the Chilian Stilt in the Collection are sharply pointed 

 ovals and entirely gloss-less. The ground-colour is olive-green, 

 thickly and boldly marked all over with black spots and blotches 



* The large series of eggs of this species from Sultanpur appears to have 

 been taken by Baboo Kalee Narayn (Hume, Nests & Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 354). 



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