35 [Vol. xlii. 



Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker exhibited some Oriental G-ame- 

 Birds' eggs and made the following remarks : — 



The first exhibit contains eggs of the Bustards Syplieotis 

 hengalen&is (or, as it should more properly be called, S. indica), 

 Sypheotis aurita, and the Houbara H. undulata macqueeni. 

 Of the first-named there is no other series in existence^ and 

 even odd pairs are not often met with ; the bird never lays 

 more than two, and those shown embrace all the known range 

 of variation. The Small Floriken or Likh is better known 

 and many collectors possess the eggs. Of the Houbara, 

 I suppose the series shown is only surpassed by that of 

 Lord Hothschild. 



The next box contains the eggs of various species of 

 Tragopan ; these are all of the greatest rarity, except for 

 numerous odd eggs laid in captivity. Those shown are all 

 eggs laid by wild birds, except the small one in the centre. 

 This was laid in the Zoo, but is undoubtedly only the egg of 

 one of the Silver-Pheasants. 



The box of Loj^hophorus eggs contain only those of 

 L. impejanus, not a very rare egg. The two of Tetraogallus 

 show the eggs of T. tihetanus, of which my collectors have 

 sent me a fair series and others were given me by Major F. M. 

 Bailey, Capt. Kennedy, and Capt. Steen. The larger eggs 

 are those of T. himalayensis. The natives all assert that both 

 birds lay from 7 to 10 eggs, but so far I have never seen 

 clutches as large as these. 



I also show a single egg of Rollulus roulroul, one of 

 a clutch of eggs laid in captivity in the aviaries of Mr. 0. 

 M. Inglis, and a unique clutch of eggs of Microperdia mani- 

 purensis. 



The three boxes of CoturnLv communis show a series of the 

 Common Quail and of the two near relations C. c. japonica 

 and Coturnioe coromandelica. The latter is a good species ; 

 for both this bird, the Indian Rain-Quail, and the Common 

 Quail breed in the same area. 



The last two boxes show series of eggs of the Bustard- 

 Quails, four races of Tarnix javanica. These, of course, 

 are closely related to the Andalusian QuaiL 



