ANTIGONE. y3 



the second they are evenly distributed over the entire shell. Two 

 specimens measure respectively : 4'2 by 2-35 ; 3*97 by 2'35. 



1. Laid in confinement, 27th June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Zool. Gardens, London). 

 1. Laid in confinement 6th July (Zool. Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



Gardens, London). 



Genus ANTIGONE, Reichenb. 



Antigone antigone (Linn.). 



Orus antigone, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vb'g. tab. Ixxi. fig. 3 (1845-54) ; 



Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds Ind. iii. pp. 1, 435, pi. iv. (1880) ; 



Gates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 372 (1890) ; Dresser, 



Birds Eur. ix. (Suppl.) p. 337 (1896) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., 



Birds, iv. p. 188 (1898). 



Antigone collaris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 262 (1894). 

 Antigone antigone, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 178 (1899). 



The eggs of the Sarus Crane are of quite a different type from 

 those of the Common Crane. They are chiefly of a narrow oval 

 form, but broad ovals are occasionally to be seen. They are glossy, 

 and in many cases very highly so. The ground is white, frequently 

 tinged with faint cream-colour, pale pink, or greenish. The 

 markings are small and almost invariably well-defined. They 

 consist of spots and small blotches, with occasional streaks of 

 yellowish-brown, pale chestnut-brown, and underlying pale purple, 

 and these are sparsely scattered over the entire shell. In some 

 examples, however, the markings are distinctly more numerous at 

 the larger end than elsewhere, but they fail to form a cap or zone. 

 A few specimens are entirely unmarked. A series measures from 

 3'6 to 4-4 in length, and from 2-35 to 2'75 in breadth. 



9. India. Hume Coll. 



2. Gurgaon, 26th July. Hume Coll. 



16. Juggernathpur, Etawah, 15th July. Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, July. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, Aug. Hume Coll. 

 1. Etawah, 1st Aug. Hume Coll. 

 1. Etawah, 10th Aug. Hume Coll. 



3. Etawah, 20th Aug. Hume Coll. 

 1. Etawah, 27th Aug. Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, Aug. ( W. E. Brooks). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Rahun, Etawah, Aug. Hume Coll. 



1. Oudh, 10th Sept. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Hardui, 21st July. Hume Coll. 

 .2. Futtehgurh (A. A. Anderson). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Futtehgurh, 15th July (A. A. A.). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Near Allahabad,. 26th July (C. T. Hume Coll. 



Bingham). 



1. Near Allahabad, 7th Aug. Hume Coll. 



.7. Saugor, C. Prov. Hume Coll. 



