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this is very thickly marked with specks, spots, narrow streaks, and 

 small blotches of brown of various shades. These markings are 

 usually very evenly spread over the shell, but in some specimens they 

 are denser, in a broad belt, round either the middle or the broad end 

 of the egg. The underlying pale purple markings on many examples 

 are bold and conspicuous, on others small and faint. The specimens 

 in the Collection measure from 1*85 to 1*47 in length, and from 

 1-03 to 1-1 in breadth. 



'2. Fuertaventura, Canary Islands, E. G. Meade- Waldo, Esq. [P.]. 



8th March. 



1. Fuertaventura, March (Ramon Seebohm Coll. 



Gomez). 



2. Fuertaventura, March (R. G.). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Fuertaventura, March (JR. G.). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Fuertaventura, March (R. G.). Seebohm Coll. 

 '2. Fuertaventura, March (R. G.). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Fuertaventura, March (R. G.). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Fuertaventura, March (R. G.}. Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Fuertaventura, March (R. G.}. Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Fuertaventura, March (R. G.). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Fuertaventura, March (R. .). Seebohm Coll. 



Cursorius coromandelicus (Gm.). 



Cursorius coromandelicus, Leyge, Birds Ceylon, p. 977 (1880) ; Barnes, 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. i. p. 57 (1886) ; vi. p. 15, pi. . fig. 840 

 (1891) ; Seebohm, Geoyr. Distr. Charadriida, p. 241 (1887) ; Oates 

 ed. Hume, Nests $ Eyys Ind. B. iii. p. 323 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 39 (1896) ; id. Hand-l i. p. 170 (1899). 



Cursorius gallicus, Hume, torn. cit. p. 325. 



The eggs of the Indian Courser are [of a very broad oval, elliptical, 

 or spheroidal form, and they have no gloss. The ground varies 

 from cream-colour to a pale yellowish buff, and this is densely 

 spotted, mottled, and speckled with blackish brown or black. The 

 markings are everywhere more or less confluent and they are very 

 evenly spread over the entire shell. On some specimens there are 

 numerous short twisted lines in addition to the markings described 

 above. There are also many large blotches and spots of underlying 

 grey distributed over the egg. Numerous specimens measure from 

 1-14 to 1-26 in length, and from -93 to 1-03 in breadth. 



87. Sirsa*, Punjab. Hume Coll. 



Eohtuk District, 29th June. Hume Coll. 



2. Cawnpore. Hume Coll. 



2. Cawnpore, loth June. Hume Coll. 



* These eggs are neither dated nor arranged in clutches. They are 

 no doubt those found by Khan Nizam-ood-din Khan and recorded by 

 Mr. Hume under the name of C. gallicus (I. c.}. 



