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and blotches of very pale reddish brown or yellowish brown. The 

 underlying markings are hardly separable from the ground-colour. 

 Many specimens are marked so faintly that they appear to be quite 

 plain, but when closely examined the markings can always be 

 made out. The eggs measure from 1-92 to 2'23 in length, and 

 from 1-43 to 1-6 in breadth. 



1. France. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Dobrudscha (Dr. Culleri). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Kustendji, Dobrudscha, 15th May Seebohm Coll. 



(Dr. Cullen). 

 4. Kalorash Steppes, Danube, 28th Seebohm Coll. 



May (H. Seebohm}. 

 4. Sarepta, S. Russia (Dr. Stader : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll\ 



2. Tangiers (L. //. Irby). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Zana, Algeria, 20th June (0. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin). 



2. Zana, 25th June (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Madracen, Algeria, 19th May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. S.). 



1 . Djendeli, Algeria, 27th May (O.S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Tunis. L. Fraser, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus LOPHOTIS, Eeichenb. 



Lophotis gindiana (Oust.). 



(Plate IV. fig. 3.) 



Lophotis gindiana, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 292 (1894) ; id. 

 Hand-l i. p. 174 (1899). 



The eggs of Oustalet ? s Bustard are perfectly elliptical in shape 

 and highly glossy. They are of a pale olive-buff colour, spotted 

 and blotched with yellowish brown and grey. The markings are 

 very dense in a broad zone round one end of the egg, and some- 

 what sparse elsewhere. In one example the zone is chiefly 

 composed of an intricate tracing of lines and scrawls, and markings 

 of this character also occur in the other specimens in a minor 

 degree. The underlying grey blotches are everywhere prominent. 

 Three examples measure respectively : 1'82 by 1*35 ; 1*76 by 1*36 ; 

 1-89 by 1-35. 



3. Sagana River, British East Africa. H. J. Mackinder, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus HETEROTETRAX, Sharpe. 



Heterotetrax vigors! (Smith). 

 (Plate IV. fig. 4.) 



Otis scolopacea, Sharpened. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 637 (1875-84). ' 

 Heterotetrax vigorsi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 296 (1894) ; id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 174 (1899). 



The eggs of the Pink-coloured Bustard in the Collection are 



