GALACTOCHRYSEA. 79' 



Glareola cinerea, Forbes, Ibis, 1883, pp. 129, 514 ; Seebohm, Geoff r. Distr* 



CharadriidcB, p. 265 (1887). 

 Galactochrysea cinerea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 64 (1896) ; id.. 



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



The eggs of the White-winded Pratincole are of a very broad 

 oval form and with no gloss. The ground is of a yellowish cream- 

 colour, and this is mottled and marbled with brown and underlying 

 grey to such an extent, that less than half the ground remains 

 visible. Five examples are of almost the same size, and measure 

 1-03 by -79. 



5. River Niger, West Africa. Dr. Cuthbert Christy [P.]. 



G-alactochrysea lactea ( Temm.). 



Glareola lactea, Harting, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 455, pi. 60. fig. 1 ; Seebohm,. 



Geoff r. Distr. Charadriida, p. 264 (1887) ; Ley ye, Birds Ceylon, p. 984 



(1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 320 (1890) ; 



Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vi. p. 19, pi. . fig. 843 (1891). 

 Galactochrysea lactea, Sharpe. Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 65 (1896) j id. 



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



The eggs of the Little Indian Pratincole are of a regular oval 

 shape and perfectly gloss-less. Great diversity exists in the 

 ground-colour. It is indifferently dull white, greenish white, 

 cream-colour, pale fawn-colour, pinkish grey, and pale buff. The 

 markings, which lie very evenly over the entire shell, consist of 

 specks, spots, small blotches, and hieroglyphic-like lines of olive- 

 brown, pale reddish brown, and underlying pale grey, those of 

 the latter colour being numerous and conspicuous. On some 

 specimens the markings are coarser than on others and on some 

 they are merely specks. The eggs measure from -95 to 1-18 in- 

 length, and from -78 to -88 in breadth. 



21. Wazirabad, India, 9th May Hume Coll. 



(A. 0. Hume). 



4. Hoshungabad, llth April (E. Hume Coll. 



C. Nunri). 



2. Mirzapur. Hume Coll. 



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



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



7. Etawah (A. O. Hume}. Hume Coll. 

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



15. Etawah, 16th March (A. O. H.}. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 18th March (A. O. H.}. Hume Coll. 

 35. Allahabad, 7th March (A. O. H.}. Hume Coll. 

 21. Allahabad, 14th March (A. O. H.}. Hume Coll. 



1. Thayetmyo, Burma, 12th April Oates Coll. 

 (E. W. Oates}. 



