78 GLARKOLIDJE. 



those of the Common Pratincole. Six examples measure from 1'25 

 to 1-3 in length, and from -92 to 1-02 in breadth. 



4. Sarepta, S.E. Russia. Seebohm Coll. 



2. R. Volga, S.E. Russia. Gould Coll. 



Glareola orient alls, Leach. 

 (Plate III. figs. 5 & 6.) 



Glareola orientalis, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 258 (1887) ; 

 Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. U80 (1880) ; Gates ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs 

 Ind. B. iii. p. 319 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p 58 

 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 171 (1899). 



The eggs of the Oriental Pratincole are quite indistinguishable 

 from those of the Common Pratincole. They measure from 1-12 to 

 1*25 in length, and from '9 to *96 in breadth. 



2. Pegu, April (E. W. Oates). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Pegu, 16th April (E. W. O.}. Oates Coll. 



3. Pegu, 30th April (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 

 3. Pegu, 1st May (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 

 3. Pegu, 2nd May (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 

 2. Siam (Sir R. SchomburgK). Gould Coll. 



Genus GALACTOCHRYSEA, Heine $ Eeichenl. 



Galactochrysea ocularis ( Terr.). 



Glareola ocularis, Harting, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 353 ; Cowan, Proc. . Phys. 



Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 149 (1882) ; Milne-Edwards $ Grandidier, Hist. 



Nat. Madag., Ois. ii. p. 645, pi. 306. fig. 7 (1885) ; Seebohm, Geogr. 



Distr. Charadriidce, p. 260 (1887). 

 Galactochrysea ocularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 62 (1896) ; id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 171 (1899). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Pratincole in the Collection are of a 

 blunt oval form and without gloss. They are cream-coloured, rather 

 densely and evenly marked all over with spots and small blotches 

 of dark sepia-brown and underlying pale purple. These markings 

 are confluent in many parts. In one specimen there are also 

 numerous lines and scrawls, principally round the larger end of the 

 egg, where, in conjunction with the other markings, they form an 

 irregular broad belt. Two examples measure respectively : 1-27 by 

 1-03; 1-35 by 1-04. 



2. Fianarantsoa, Madagascar ( W. Seebohm Coll. 

 Deans Cowan : Harting Coll.). 



Galactochrysea cinerea (Fraser). 



(Plate III. fig. 4.) 

 Glareola (Galachrysia) cinerea, Hartert, J.f. O. 1886, p. 610. 



