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colour, marked with pale rufous. In one of the four specimens in 

 the Collection the markings consist of small dots and large confluent 

 freckles. In the others the markings consist of large blotches, 

 frequently confluent and mingled with some specks and spots. 

 They have no gloss, and measure respectively : 1-35 by 1 ; 1"25 

 by -95 ; 1-35 by 1 ; 1-3 by 1-02. 



4. Medellin, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Qodman Coll. 

 (T. £. Salmon). 



Eupsychortyx nigrigularis (Gould). 



Eupsychortyx nigrogularis, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 412 (1893). 

 Eupsychortyx nigrig-ularis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 45 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black-throated Crested Quail are plain white 

 and fairly glossy. The two specimens in the Collection measure 

 respectively: 1-15 by -9; 1-27 by '87. 



1. Honduras {Dyson). Old Colleetion. 



1. Valladolid, Yucatan (ffaame/-). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Eupsychortyx hypoleucus, Gould. 



Eupsychortyx hypoleucus, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 413 (1893) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 45 (1899). 



The eggs of the White-breasted Crested Qiiail are plain white 

 and very glossy. They measure from 1-15 to 1-3 in length, and 

 from -95 to 1-02 in breadth. 



8. San Geronimo, Guatemala. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus COLINUS, Less. 



The eggs of the Colins or ' Bob-Whites ' are pyriform, plain white, 

 and slightly glossy. 



Colinus virginianus (Linn.). 



Perdix virginiana, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 33, tab. vii. fig. 13 



(1845-64). 

 Ortyx virginianus, Oosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 328 (1847) ; A. Sf M. Newton, 



Ibis, 1869, p. 354; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 415 (1893). 

 Ortyx virginianus, var. virginiauus, Baird, Brewer 8c Ridgw. N. Amer. 



Birds, iii. p. 468 (1874). . 



Colinus virginianus, Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 1, pi. i. fig. 1 



(1892) ; Sharpe, Handr-l. i. p. 45 (1899). 



The eggs of the Virginian Colin or Bob- White measure from 1-15 

 to 1-3 in length, and from -9 to 1 in breadth. 



3. Montreal ( Whiteaves: Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 

 6. N. America. Seebohm CoU. 



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