72 



PAEBID^!. 



Metopidius indicus, Blyth in Jard. Contrib. Orn. 1852, p. 53, pi. Ixxxix. 

 tig. 4 ; Oates ed. Hmne Nests $ Eggs 2nd. B. iii. p. 356 (1890) ; Sharpe? 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 72 (189(5) ; id. Hand-l i. p. 168 (1899). 



The eggs of the Indian Jacana are of a pointed oval form and 

 excessively glossy. The ground varies considerably, being cream- 

 or pale stone-colour in some, olive-brown, buff, or reddish buff in 

 others. The surface-markings are very dark brown or more com- 

 monly black, and consist exclusively of intertwined and entangled 

 lines, knotted and twisted in the greatest confusion. The under- 

 lying markings are pale grey or brown, and are seldom conspicuous. 

 Examples measure from 1*3 to 1*55 in length, and from -95 to 1*1 

 in breadth. 



8. Jhansi, India. Hunie Coll. 



4. Jhansi, July. Hume Coll. 



4. Jhansi, July. Hume Coll. 



4. Jhansi, July. Hume Coll. 



2. Jhansi, July. Hume Coll. 

 4. Jhansi, Aug. Hume Coll. 



3. Jhansi, Aug. Hume Coll. 



4. Jhansi, Aug. Hume Coll. 

 1. Hoshungabad, 20th Sept. Hume Coll. 



3. Hoshungabad, 27th Sept. Hume Coll. 



5. Raipur, C. Provs. (F. R. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



4. Raipur (F. R. B.}. Hume Coll. 

 4. Raipur (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



4. Raipur (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



5. Raipur (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 

 4. Raipur (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



4. Raipur (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



6. Raipur (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



5. Raipur (F. R. B.}. Hume Coll. 

 4. Raipur (F. R. B.}. Hume Coll. 

 4. Raipur (F. R. B.\ Hume Coll. 



3. Pegu, Aug. (E. W. Ontes). Gates Coll. 



4. Pegu, 6th Aug. (E. W. O.). Gates Coll. 



Genus PHYLLOPEZUS, Sliarpe. 

 Phyllopezus africanus (Gm.\ 



Parra africana, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 59. fig. 3 (1855-63) ; 



Gurney, Ibis, 1862, p. 38; Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, 



p. 648 (1875-84). 

 Phyllopezus africanus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 76 (1896) ; id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 168 (1899). 



The eggs of the African Jacana do not differ from those of 

 Metopidius indicus, except in size. Two examples measure re- 

 spectively : 1-28 by -9 ; 1-2 by -88. 



1. South Africa. 

 1. Natal (7'. Ay res). 



Equatorial Africa (Emi * Pasha). 



Sir Andrew Smith [C.J. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 P. L. Sclater, Esq. [P.]. 



