62 PHASIANIDa. — IfUMIDIB^. 



strong glossy shell. In colour they vary from duU ■white or cream- 

 colour to reddish buff. A few specimens are thickly freckled with 

 reddish brown ; the majority are quite plain. They measure from 

 2-55 to 3"1 in length, and from 1"92 to 2'2 in breadth. 



Pavo muticTis, Linn. 



Pavo muticus, Hume ^ Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 93 (1879) ; Grant, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 371 (1893) ; Oates, Game Birds Ind. i. 

 p. 280 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 40 (1899). 



The few eggs of the Burmese Pea-Powl in the Collection resemble 

 those of P. eristatus and are unmarked. They measure from 2-75 

 to 3'4 in length, and from 2-05 to 2'15 in breadth. 



2. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- Zool. Society. 



dens, London). 

 2. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



dens, London, May). 



Family NUMIDID^. 



Genus NUMIDA, Linn. 



The eggs of the Guinea-Fowls have a very coarse shell, pitted 

 with numerous deep pores. They have little gloss. They are very 

 broad in relation to their length, some being pyriform and others 

 nearly spherical. 



