OTIS. TETRAX. 



Birds, p. 88, pi. 23. fig-. 4 (1896) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. 

 p. 284 (1894) ; Oates, Game Birds 2nd. i. p. 394 (1898) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 173 (1899). 



The eggs of the Great Bustard are of a broad oval or elliptical 

 form and sometimes pointed at both ends. They have a consider- 

 able amount of gloss. The ground varies from dull olive-green to 

 olive-buff, and this is evenly, but rather sparingly, marked with 

 clouds, smears, and small blotches of yellowish brown, pinkish 

 brown, and underlying pinkish grey or pale purple. Some specimens 

 also exhibit a few spots and streaks of rich dark brown, generally 

 at the broad end. Numerous specimens measure from 2*7 to 3'35 

 in length, and from 2 to 2'4 in breadth. 



1. Wiltshire. Montagu Coll. 



2. Andalusia, Spain, 15th May. R. C. Batley, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Cordova, Spain, 21st April Seebohm Coll. 



(Manuel). 



2. Cordova, 2nd May (H. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Casa Reyes, Seville. 13th May Seebohm Coll. 



(H.S.). ' 



3. Halbertstadt, Germany, 22nd May. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Leipzig, Germany. Seebohm Coll. 



2. R. Volga, Russia (Dr. Stader : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



1. Russia (Brandt). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Poltava, South Russia. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Medjidji, Dobrudscha, 4th June Seebohm Coll. 



(H. Seebohm}. 



1. Kustendii, Dobrudscha, 3rd May Seebohm Coll. 



(H. S.). 



1. Kustendji, llth May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Kustendji, 24th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Kustendji, 4th June (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Chaoush-Keui, Asia Minor, llth Seebohm Coll. 



May (C. G. Danford). 



Genus TETRAX, Leach. 

 Tetrax tetrax (Linn.). 



Otis tetrax, Thien. Fortjflanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ivi. fig. 3,a-c (1845-54); 



Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 287, pi. Ixxiii. fig. ii (1856) ; 



Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 353; Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 383 (1872); 



Hume Sf Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 3 (1879) ; Seebohm, Brit. 



Birds, ii. p. 587, pi. 22 (1884) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 89, pi. 23. 



fig. 2 (1896) ; Irby, Orn. Str. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 257 (1895). 

 Tetrax campestris, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 45. fig. 2 (1855-63). 

 Tetrax tetrax, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 287 (1894) ; Oates, 



Game Birds Ind. i. p. 409 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 174 



(1899). 



The eggs of the Little Bustard are of a short pointed oval form, 

 frequently elliptical and sometimes spheroidal. They are highly 

 glossy. The ground is dark olive-green or olive-brown, and occa- 

 sionally of a buff colour, and this is marked with streaks, clouds, 



