482 NOTES, CHIEFLY OOLOGICAL, 



796.— Turtur risorius, Lin. 



January to July. — Ceylon eggs are smaller than Indian ones, 

 the mean dimensions of fourteen being r08" x O86". 



845.— Charadrius fulvus, Gm. 



In addition to the egg mentioned by Captain Legge, I now 

 possess another which I picked up at a spot where the birds 

 were in breeding plumage very shortly before. It closely 

 resembles the former one. As the eggs are not quite of the 

 same colour as those in England, a description is given : — The 

 shells are rather rough and almost glossless. In shape the 

 eggs are oval ; one is obtuse at the large end, the other some- 

 what contracted transversely, more pointed at the large end and 

 blunter at the small one. They have a pale, creamy, stone- 

 grey ground colour, one being slightly inclined to a greenish 

 buff, over which, and chiefly at the obtuse end, are thinly 

 scattered moderately round spots, blotches, and a few irregular 

 scratches of pale and dark umber-brown and " cold" sepia, 

 with some inferior and often underlying clouds of faint bluish 

 inky-grey. Their dimensions are ]*88" x l'SS^, and T83" 

 x 1*33". 



856.— Lobipluvia malabarica, Bodd. 



April to August. — The average size of 20 eggs is 1'45" x 

 1-05". 



859.— (Edicnemus scolopax, S. G. Gm. 



May to October. — The average size of 18 eggs is 1'86" * 

 1-36". 



860.— Strepsilas interpres, Lin. 



This bird was plentiful on Adam's Bridge in June. 



861.— Dromas ardeola, Pmjh 



June. — This bird breeds, as Captain Legge supposed, at 

 Adam's Bridge. I examined part of the sand banks myself, 

 unsuccessfully, beyond meeting with a few non-breeding 

 birds, and a partly-excavated nest-hole ; and then sent on an 

 overseer, who has had a special training in oology and 

 collecting, and who is particularly observant and accurate, 

 to complete the examination up to Ramesvaram. He reported 

 the discovery of 17 nests, all containing young, in a colony 

 on one bank ; but as the particulars noted by him on the spot 

 differ in some respects from other accounts, {Stray Feathers, 

 1877), I reserve them for further verification. 



