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cap at the large end, but solitary eggs occur in which there is a cap 

 at the small end. Three fairly well marked types may be separately 

 described. First, an egg thickly mottled aud streaked all over with 

 deep blood-red, which is entirely confluent over one-third of the 

 surface, namely at the large end, and leaves less than a third of the 

 ground-colour visible as a paler motthng over the rest of the surface. 

 Then there is another type with a very delicate pure pink ground, 

 and with a few large, bold, deep red blotches, chiefly at the large 

 end, where they are intermingled with a few small pale inky-purple 

 clouds, and with only a few spots and specks of the former colour 

 scattered over the rest of the surface. Lastly, there is a pale dingy 

 pink ground, speckled almost uniformJly, but only moderately thickly, 

 over the whole surface, with minute specks and spots of blood-red 

 and pale inky purple." These three main types indicated by 

 Mr. Hume are now figured (PI. X. figs. 15, 16, 17). 



In size, the eggs also vary exceedingly, ranging in length from 

 •72 to 1, and in breadth from -57 to '68. 



1. Bareilly, N.W. Erovs., India, 31st Hume Coll. 



Bareilly, 4th June. 



Bareillv, 6th June. 



Bareilly, 12th & 13th June. 



Bareilly, 16th June. 



Bareilly, 17th June. 



Bareilly, 18th June. 



Bareilly, 19th June. 



Bareilly, 20th Juue. 



Bareilly, 22nd June. 



Agra, 17th June. 



Agra, 18th June. 



Agra, 24th June. 



Agra, 26th July. 



Agra, 28th July. 



Mirzapur ( W. IS. Broohs : Tristram 



Coll.). 

 Jhansi, 15th June. 

 Jhansi, 26th June. 

 N.W. Provinces. 



Delhi, 25th May (C. T. Bingham). 

 Delhi, 27th May (C. T. B.). 

 Delhi, 23rd June (C. T. B.). 

 Delhi, 8th July (C. T. B.). 

 Sambhur, 1st May {R. M. Adam). 

 Sambhur, 3rd-10th July [R. M. A.). 

 Saugor, C. Provs., 21st June. 

 Saugor, 14th July. 

 Hoshungabad, 26th March (E. C. 



Numi) . 

 Central India. 

 Central India {R. C. Beavan: 



Tristram Coll.). 

 Maunbhum, Bengal, 10th May 



(R. a Beauan). 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Iluuie Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume CoU^ 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Purchased. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Salvia-Godman Coll. 



