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of eggs laid in one nest, but fewer are 

 frequently found, and in two instances 

 quoted by Mr. Stuart Baker, the large 

 number of twenty-two was taken from one 

 nest. 



The eggs are elliptical or nearly so, 

 very smooth, and with a considerable 

 amount of gloss. They are of a cream 

 colour, and measure from 1*5 to 1*8 in 

 length, and from 1*15 to 1*4 in breadth. 



The adult male in summer plumage 

 has the forehead blackish and the crown 

 brown, this latter part more or less 

 surrounded by a blackish band. The 

 remainder of the head, the whole neck, 

 the upper part of the mantle and the 

 lower plumage are pure white. The sides 

 of the body are beautifully vermiculated 

 with brown. The under tail-coverts are 

 black, with white bases. The axillaries 

 and the under wing-coverts are black. 

 A broad black collar surrounds the lower 

 part of the neck. The back, the scapulars, 

 all the upper wing-coverts, and the inner 

 long secondaries are black glossed with 

 purple and green. The primaries are 

 black at the base and tip, white in the 

 middle, the latter forming a conspicuous 

 white patch. All the secondaries, except 

 the long inner ones, are black with broad 



