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rather thicker than that of any recent Ostrich-egg which 
has been measured. The Ken or Ivain River is a tributary 
of the Jumna and Banda, in the United Provinces to the 
south-west of Allahabad. As in recent times no Struthious 
bird has been known in India, I think it important to place 
the result of Dr. Andrews’s examination on record, and for 
the sake of reference propose to call the species Struthio 
indicus. 
Text-fig. 7. 
Fragments of Egg-shell of Indian Ostrich. 
The smallest of the seven fragments of shell was sacrificed 
for the microscopical examination; the photograph (taken to 
scale) of the other six well shews the arrangement of the 
pores. 
That these fragments may be available for comparison, I 
have given the box and three of them to the Natural History 
Museum, two to the Hon. Walter Rothschild for the Tring 
Museum, and the other I am sending to the Calcutta 
Museum. 
i trust that this small matter may direct the attention of 
