ILLUSTRATIONS OF FOREIGN OOLOGY. 
LOPHOPHORUS IMPEYANUS — PURCRASIA MACROLOPHA. 
Drawines of the eggs of these two birds were forwarded to us by 
Mr. Blyth, for whom we believe they were procured by Captain 
Thomas Hutton, in whose valuable and interesting notes “ On the 
Nidification of Indian Birds” (Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. vol. xviii. 
pp. 3-681), we have the following short descriptions :— 
“These birds (Lophophorus impeyanus) do not occur so low 
down as Mussooree, but are found in abundance on the next range ; 
mn days of yore, they were found at Simla, but civilization has of 
late years banished them to the less disturbed localities. It makes no 
hest, but lays its eggs on the ground, the number not satisfactorily 
ascertained, as one nest contained three and another four eggs, of a 
bale brown or sandy hue, thickly sprinkled over with reddish-brown 
‘pots and dashes. Diameter, 2} 142.” 
_ “For the eggs of this species (Purcrasia macrolopha) I am 
indebted to a friend who took them in June from the ground, where 
there were no other symptoms of a nest than a slight scratching 
‘way of the leaves and grass. The eggs were five in number, of a 
Sandy brown, sprinkled over with specks and large spots, and 
blotches of deep red brown, resembling dried blood. Diameter, 
Ys 1y5.” 
a form and in the colouring, these eggs resemble those of the 
; etraonide, which are generally marked with reddish or brown 
oe and blotches — not those of the Phasianide, where the form 
fee? and the colouring uniform and without markings. The 
Ings and colourings of the Capercailzie and Common Black 
‘me of Europe (7. urogallus and tetriv) are very similar. 
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