PLATE II 



EGGS OF BLOOD PARTRIDGES, TRAGOPANS, IMPEYANS 



AND EARED-PHEASANTS 



1. Two eggs of Geoffrey's Blood Partridge {Ithagenes geoffroyi), Tachienlu, Western China, collected 



by Mr. Pratt. 



2. Egg of Kuser's Blood Partridge {Ithagenes kuseri). 



3. Two eggs of Satyr Tragopan {Tragopaii satyra), laid in captivity. 



4. Two eggs of Cabot's Tragopan {Tragopan caboti). The left-hand one collected in Kuatun, China, 



May 17, 1878, by J. D. D. la Touche ; the right-hand one laid in captivity in Yorkshire, England. 



5. Egg of Western Tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus), laid in captivity. 



6. Egg of Blyth's Tragopan {Tragopan blythi blytki), laid in Assam in captivity, by a bird from the 



North Cachar Hills. 



7. Two eggs of Temrninck's Tragopan {Tragopan temmincki), from "China." 



8. Egg of Brown Eared-Pheasant {Crossoptilon fnantchuricum), laid in captivity in the Zoological 



Gardens, London. 



9. Three eggs of Impeyan Pheasant {Lophophoriis impeyanus)^ all from northern India ; the centre one 



collected at Lookel, June i, 1874. 



10. Egg of White Eared- Pheasant {Crossoptilon tibetanum), collected by Mr. Pratt, near Tachienlu, 



May 1890. 



11. Egg of Blue Eared-Pheasant {Crossoptilon atiritum), laid in captivity. 



All from the British Museum Collection, except Nos. 2, 5 and 6, which are from that of 

 Mr. Stuart-Baker. 



