46 TJPUPIDJ2. 



The eggs of the Common Indian Grey Hornbill measure from 

 1-64 to 1-82 in length, and from I'lo to 1-3 in breadth. 



1. India. Eadclifle Saunders Coll. 



1. Grassmount, Mynpuri, N.W. Hume Coll. 



Provs., India, 7th May (C. 



Home). 

 6. Pimpalnir, Khandesh, April (J. Hume Coll. 



Davidson}. 



1. Khandesh, 5th April (J. D,}. Hume Coll. 



1. Khandesh, 7th April. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus LOPHOCEROS, Hemjjr. $ Ehr. 

 Lophoceros melanoleucus (Licht.). 



Tockus melanoleucus, Elliot, Mon. Bucer. text to pi. xlix. (1880) ; 



Sharps, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 127 (1875-84). 

 Lophoceros melanoleucus, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 399 (1892) ; 



Sharpy Hand-l. ii. p. 67 (1900). 



An egg of the Crowned Hornbill measures 1'55 by 1'09. 

 1. Lower Albany, S. Africa. Dr. S. Schonland [P.]. 



Sub-Order UPUP^E. 



The eggs of the Hoopoes are devoid of markings and are subject 

 to much variation of colour. When fresh the majority are of a 

 bluish-white or pale greenish-blue colour, but some are of a pale 

 olive-green, olive-brown, or grey colour. They exhibit a small 

 amount of gloss. The shell is smooth and pitted with very minute 

 pores, and is often marked with small white specks, caused by the 

 disintegration of the surface of the shell. 



The eggs are typically of a narrow oval form, a good deal pointed 

 at the smaller end, and frequently at the broad end as well. 



Family UPUPID^. 

 Genus UPTTPA, Linn. 



Upupa epops, Linn. 



Upupa epops, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 110, tab. xv. 10, a-c. (nee 

 12, a-c) (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier. Eur. Vog. tab. 50. fig. 3 

 (1855-63) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 249, pi. Ixiii. 

 fig. iii (1865) ; Ih-esser, Birds Eur. v. p. 179 (1871) ; Saunders, 

 Ibis, 1871, p. 67 ; Danford, Ibis, 1878, p. 7 ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, 

 ii. p. 334, pi. 15 (1884) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, 

 ii. p. 337 (1890) ; Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 4 (1892) ; Seebohm, 

 Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 167, pi. 48. figs. 1 & 4 (1896) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. ii. p. 70 (1900). 



