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2. Pyramid of Sakkara, Egypt, Old Collection. 



* 19th Feb. 

 1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Zool. Society. 



London). 

 1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Antwerp). 



Ibis melanocephala (Lath.}. 



Ibis melanocephala, Leqge, Birds Ceylon, p. 1106 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, 

 Nests $ Eggs 2nd. B. iii. p. 226 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xxvi. p. 7 (1898): id. Hand-l, i. p. 185 (1899). 



The eggs of the Indiau White Ibis vary greatly in size and 

 shape. The majority perhaps are of a narrow, pointed oval form, 

 but a considerable number are pointed at both ends and a few are 

 elliptical. They are of a pale bluish- white colour, generally plain, 

 but some are spotted very faintly with pale yellowish brown. They 

 .measure from 2-1 to 2-82 in length, and from To to 1-82 in 

 breadth. 



5. Hansi, Punjab, 12th June (W. Hume Coll. 



Blewitt). 



3. Hansi, 14th June ( W. B.}. Hume Coll. 



1. Hansi, 17th June ( W. B.}. Hume Coll. 



1. Juggernathpur, Etawah, 17th May Hume Coll. 



(A. O. Hume). 

 42. Juggernathpur, 15th July (A. Hume Coll. 



O.j}$. 

 7. Chitbaon, Etawah, 7th Aug. Hume Coll. 



(A.O.H.). 

 15. Beenan, Etawah, 27th Aug. Hume Coll. 



(A. O. H.). 



2. Mohar, Cawnpore, 18th Aug. Hume Coll. 

 1. Jhansi, 1st July (F. JR. Blewitt}. Hume Coll. 



There is an egg in the Collection, laid in confinement in the 

 Zoological Gardens of London, and the product of'/, bernieri and 

 /. molucca. It is white, marked with a few yellowish-brown dots 

 and lines, chiefly at the larger end, and measures 2-36 by 1*36. 



Genus CARPHIBIS, Reichenb. 



Carphibis spinicollis (Jameson}. 



Carphibis spinicollis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 282 (1865) ; 

 North, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 2ndser. i. p. 1061 (1887) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 11 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 185 (1899). 



Geronticus spinicollis, North, Nests $ Egys Austr. Birds, p. 312 (1889). 



An egg of the Straw-necked Ibis in the Collection is of a 

 biconical form, both ends being sharply pointed. It is slightly 

 rough, without gloss, and of a dull blue colour. It measures 2 - 75 by 

 Mo. 



1. Australia (Wilson). Gould Coll. 



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