4G irrupinJE. 



The eggs of the Common Indian Grey Horubill measure from 

 1-64 to 1-82 in length, and from 1-15 to 1-3 in breadth. 



1. India. Eadcliffe Saunders OoU. 



1. Grassmount, Mynpuri, N.W. Hume Coll. 



ProTs., India, 7th May (C. 



Home). 

 6. Pimpalnir, Khandesh, April (J. Ifume Coll. 



Davidson). 

 1. Khandesh, 5th April {J. J).). Hume Coll. 



1. Khandesh, 7th April. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus LOPHOCEROS, ITemjjr. 4- Ehr. 

 Lophoceros melanoleucus (LicJit.). 



Toclms melanoleucus, Elliot, Mon. Bucer. text to pi. xlix. (1880) ; 



Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 127 (1875-84). 

 Lophoceros melanoleucus. Grant, Cat. Birds B. M, xvii. p. 399 (1892) ; 



Sharpe, Sand-l. ii. p. 67 (1900). 



An egg of the Crowned Hornbill measures 1'55 by 1-09. 

 1. Lower Albany, S. Africa. Dr. S. Schonland [P.]. 



Sub-Order UPUP^. 



The eggs of the Hoopoes are devoid of markings and are subject 

 to much variation of colour. When fresh the majority are of a 

 bluish-white or pale greenish-blue colour, but some are of a pale 

 olive-green, olive-brown, or grey colour. They exhibit a small 

 amount of gloss. The shell is smooth and pitted with very minute 

 pores, and is often marked with small white specks, caused by the 

 disintegration of the surface of the shell. 



The eggs are typically of a narrow oval form, a good deal pointed 

 at the smaller end, and frequently at the broad end as well. 



Family UPUPID.E. 



Genus UPUPA, Lini}. 



Upupa epops, Linn. 



Upupa epops, TMen. Fortpflanz. ges. Vo(/. p. 110, tab. xv. 10, a-c. (nee 

 12, a-c) (1846-54); Baedelter, Eier. Evr. Vog. tab. 50. fig. 3 

 (1855-63) ; Heuiiison, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 249, pi. Ixiii. 

 fi^. iii (1865) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 179 (1871) ; Saunders, 

 Ibis, 1871, p. 67 ; Danford, Ibis, 1878, p. 7 ; Se^ohm, Brit. Birds, 

 ii. p. 334, pi. 15 (1884) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, 

 ii. p. 337 (1890) ; Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 4 (1892) ; Seebohm, 

 Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 167, pi. 48. figs. 1 & 4 (1896) ; Sharpe, 

 Haiid-l. ii. p: 70 (1900). 



