42 PHASIANID^. 



shape, smooth and glossy. They vary from a pale to a dark cream- 

 colour. Sometimes an example presents the appearance of heing 

 speckled, but these markings are probably merely stains resulting 

 from incubation. They measure from I'll to 1-35 in length, and 

 from -87 to -95 in breadth. 



3. Ooonoor, Nilghiris. Hume Coll. 



1. Ooonoor, 3rd March. Hume Coll. 



2. > Coonoor, 12th March. Hume Coll. 

 1. Ooonoor, 9th Sept. Hume Coll. 



5. Kotagherry, Nilghiris, 7th April Hume Coll. 



(Miss Codkburn). 



6. Kotagherry, 25th July (Miss Hume Coll. 



CocUum). 



4. Kotagherry, 1st Sept. (Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockbum). 



3. Ootacamund, 6th March. Hume Coll. 



4. Nilghiris, Dec. Hume Coll. 

 1. Peria, Wynaad(i7'.i)arto^, tTMTOor). Hume Coll. 



Genus ABBOSICOLA, Hodgson. 



The eggs of the' Hill-Partridges vary from a broad oval shape to 

 pyriform. Some eggs are plain, others are slightly spotted. 



Arboricola torc[ueola (Vdlenc.'). 

 (Plate HI. fig. 5.) 



Arboricola torqueola, Hume §• Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 69 (1879) ; 

 Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 207 (1893) ; Oates, Game Birds 

 Ind. i. p. 133 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 29 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common HUl- Partridge are pale greenish white, 

 with a few very small ashy spots scattered over the shell. The four 

 specimens in the Collection measure respectively : 1*55 by 1"23 ; 

 1-55 by 1-25 ; 1-52 by 1-25 ; 1-6 by 1-25. 



4. [Himalayas.] Old Collection. 



Arboricola atrigularis, Blyih. 



Arboricola atrigularis, Hume 8f Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 79 (1879) ; 

 iii. App. pi. iv. (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests Sf Bggs Ind. B. iii. 

 p. 439 (1890f ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 209 (1893) ; Oates, 

 Game Birds Ind. i. p. 145 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 29 (1899). 



The eggs of' the White-Cheeked Hill-Partridge are plain white, 

 and measure from 1'33 to 1*43 in length, and from 1-1 to 1'13 in 

 breadth. 



3. Sylhet, 15th April {J. M. Cripps). Hume Coll. 

 2. Sylhet, 18th May {J. R. C). Hume CoU. 



