^X GALEEICULATA. 59 



The British Museum possesses five eggs of y"Ex galericulata, which 

 measure 2'2 x 1*6 inches, 2*15 x 1*54, 2"15 x 1'6, 2-08 x ToG, and 

 2"16 X l'o2. In shape these eggs are very regular ellipses, and slightly 

 compressed at one end. The texture is smooth and close and distinctly 

 glossy, and the colour is a very pale fawn or yellowish-white. One egg- 

 was originally, perhaps, rather darker in colour than the rest, but is so 

 soiled that it is difficult to say with any certainty. All these eggs were 

 laid by birds in captivity. The eggs in my own collection agree well 

 with these, but are rather more clearly coloured, perhaps because fresher 

 wdien blown. Their dimensions agree with those given above. 



