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markings very much larger and more scattered over the surface of the shell ; and I cannot better 

 describe them than by comparing them to very minute eggs of Galerita cristata. In size they 

 vary from f$ by f § inch to f-§ by f§ , whereas those of C. brachydactyla in my collection vary 

 from f % by f^ to f § by f^, and those of C. pispoletta, obtained by Mr. Blanford, from f % by 

 f^y to f-J by f^j. The eggs were unfortunately sent without any nest, which latter I am therefore 

 unable to describe. 



The specimen figured, on the same Plate as C. minor, is the one in the collection of 

 Mr. Howard Saunders, which, when the Plate was drawn, was the only one 1 had. The bird 

 described is one of the two first obtained by Lord Lilford, which, together with the large series 

 he has just received from Seville, he has placed at my disposal for examination. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. Lord Lilford. 



a, b. Seville, 1872 (L.). c, d, e.f,g, h, 3 , i,j, k, 2- Seville, February 1873. I, m, ? . March 1873. n, o, 

 p,q, 6 , r, 2 ■ April 1873. s, t, u, <$ , v, w, x, $ . May 1873 {Ruiz). 



E Mus. Howard Saunders, 

 a. Malaga, spring of 1873. 



