* CACOABIS. AMMOPEEDIX. 35 



Saundei-s, Ibis, 1871, p. 223 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. Ill (1875) ; 

 Dixon, Ibis, 1882, p. 577 ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 120 

 (1893) ; Irby, Orn. Str. Gibr. 3nd ed. p. 239 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 i. p. 22 (1899). 



The eggs of the Barbary Red-legged Partridge are more variable 

 in colour than those of any other species of the genus. 



Some are very minutely and closely spotted with rufous, and 

 others are very boldly blotched and smudged with the same. Some 

 examples from Tunis are marked with greyish brown, without a 

 trace of rufous. The markings on a few specimens are so minute 

 that they might easily pass unobserved. The eggs measure from 

 1-55 to 1"75 in length, and from 145 to 1*25 in breadth. 



1. Gibraltar {H. Saunders). Seebohm CoU. 



1. Tangiers (i. H. Irby). Seebohm Ooll. 



1. N. Africa. Gould Coll. 



1. N. Africa. H. F. Walter, Esq. [P.]. 



1. N.Africa. R. T. Frere, Esq. [PJ. 



8. Tunis. Louis Eraser, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Algeria, April (-HI B. Tristram). Seebohm Coll. 

 8. Algeria, May (C. Dixon). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Kef Laks, Algeria, 16th April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. savin). 



4. Kef Laks, 16th April (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Kef Laks, 20th April (O. -S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus AMMOPERDIX, Gould. 



The eggs of the Rook-Partridges vary in shape from a broad 

 oval to pyriform, but sometimes they are narrow and elongated. 

 The shell is fine and smooth and usually possesses a considerable 

 amount of gloss. 



In colour the eggs vary from white to creamy-white or pale buflf. 

 Some few specimens are speckled with grey and reddish brown, but 

 the majority are quite plain. 



Ammoperdix bonhami (^Fraser). 

 (Plate II. figs. 1 & 2.) 



Ammoperdix bonhami, Hume ^ Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 45 (1879) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 117 (1880) ; Gates ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs 

 Ind B. iii. p. 433 (1890) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. l23 

 (1893) ; Gates, Game Birds Ind. i. p. 186 (1898) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. i. 

 p. 23 (1899). 

 The eggs of the Seesee Partridge, or Bonham's Rock-Partridge, 



measure from 1-3 to 1-5 in length, and from 1 to I'l in breadth. 



9. Jask, Gulf of Oman, April. S. Butcher, Esq. [P.], 



12. Khewra, Salt Range, Punjab, Hume Coll. 



9. Punjab. ^ ' Prof. Oldham [P.]. 



4. Attock, 5th May. Hume Coll. 



13. [N.W.India.] Hume Coll. 



