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smaller end, and in colour are pale yellowish, sometimes with a reddish tinge, much lighter in 

 colour than the eggs of the black game, and are sparingly spotted with rufous. Some varieties 

 are almost unspotted, or only marked here and there with small dark red dots. A series of eggs 

 in Dresser's collection, procured in Styria, measured from lf^ by 1^ to l|-§ by l- 4 ^ inch, and, 

 compared with the eggs of the American representative of this species (B. umbellus), are more 

 elongated in shape and much more marked ; indeed the eggs of the Euffed Grouse are generally 

 unspotted. Dr. E. Rey informs us that five eggs in his collection, taken in Westphalia, average 

 403 by 29*2 millimetres, the largest measuring 41*5 by 3O0, and the smaller 39*25 by 28 - 5. 



The figures in the Plate represent an adult male and female and a good-sized chick, all in 

 our own collection. We have described these same birds in detail in our accounts of the species 

 at the commencement of the article, in the preparation of which we have at the same time 

 examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. Sharpe and Dresser. 



a, 6. Norway, January 1869 (W. Schliiler). b, ?. Sweden, January 1870 (W. Schluter). c, $ ad. Norrland, 

 August 3rd, 1871. d, $. Wermland, winter of 1871. e. Russia (Dr. Renard). 



E Mus. H. B. Tristram, 

 a, c? . Christiania, Norway, July 1852. b, c. Sweden (Wheelwright). 



E Mus. J. H. Gurney, jun. 

 a. Norway, October 1870 (bought in Leadenhall Market) . b, cj. Moscow, September lltb, 1869. 



E Mus. Lord Lilford. 

 a, 6 . Southern Germany (Seidensacher) . 



