32 PHASIAlflDJ!. 



The eggs vary from 2-5 to 2-8 in length, and from 1'75 to 2 in 

 breadth. 



Tetraogallus caspius (ffm.). 



Tetraogallus caspius, Danford, Ibis, 1878, p. 29 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. 

 p. 241 (1878) ; Grard, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 108 (1893) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 22 (1899). 



The eggs of the Caspian Snow-Cook measure 2-6 in length, and 

 from 1'8 to 1-87 in breadth. 



4. Taurus, Asia Minor, 23rd April. C. G. Danford, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Taums, 25th April. C. G. Danford, Esq. [P.], 



Tetraogallus caucasicus {Pall.). 



Oreotetrax caspia. Cab. J.f. O. 1873, p. 68, tab. iii. fig. 36. 



Tetraogallus caucasicus, Bree, Birds Eur, 2ud ed. iv. p. Ill, pi. — 

 (1875) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 237 (1878) ; Grant, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxii. p. 109 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 22 (1899). 



Megaloperdix caucasica, Loren:t, Beitr. Om. Kauhas. p. 55 (1887). 



The eggs of the Caucasian Snow-Cock measure from 2'55 to 2-7 

 in length, and from I"7 to 1-75 in breadth. 



2. Caucasus (Lorenz). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Caucasus, 22nd IVIay. Seebohm Coll. 



Genus CACCABIS, Kau]). 



The eggs of the Red-legged Partridges are typically of a regular 

 oval form, but pyriform eggs are of frequent occurrence. They 

 vary in colour from a pale creamy white to a pale creamy bufiF and 

 they are generally spotted. The shell is smooth and glossy. 



Caccabis saxatilis {Wolf Sf Meyer). 



Perdix grseca, Thien. Fortpjlamt. ges. Vog. p. 27, tab. vii. figs. 5 o, 4 



(1845-54). . r , 



Perdix saxatilis, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 21. fig. 3 (1855-63). 

 Caccabis saxatilis, Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 93 (1875) ; Gi-ant, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xxii. p. Ill (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 22 (1899). 



The markings on the eggs of the Rock Red-legged Partridge 

 consist of specks and small spots of pale reddish, brown or purplish 



