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in shape. In colour they are a pale 

 yellowish cream-colour. The five eggs 

 in the Hume collection, presented by 

 Mr. Shillingford, measure from 171 to 

 1*82 in length and from i'6i to 17 in 

 breadth. Four of these eggs were taken 

 in the Purneah District on the 3rd July, 

 1880. The fifth egg was taken in the 

 same locality, but is without date. 



The adult male has the chin, the throat, 

 the front of the neck, and the whole 

 lower plumage, together with the sides of 

 the body, of one uniform chocolate-brown. 

 The whole head, the hindneck and sides 

 of the neck are rosy pink. The whole 

 upper plumage, scapulars and tail are 

 dark brown or blackish, the back and 

 scapulars with some grey speckles or 

 vermiculations. The margin of the wing 

 is broadly white. The upper wing-coverts 

 are brown. The outer webs of the outer 

 primaries are brown ; the inner, pale drab 

 on the half next the shaft, white on the 

 other half, and tipped dusky. The inner 

 primaries are vinous drab on both webs 

 and tipped dusky ; the inner edge more 

 or less white. The outer secondaries are 

 vinous drab on the outer web, with white 

 tips and concealed white bases ; entirely 

 white on the inner web. The inner 



