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egg, in colour and markings, exactly resembles the egg of our most 

 common British Snipe. 



Vanellus Chiliensis. — The egg thus marked measures 1 in. ^ in 

 length and 1 in. -fL in breadth : olive-brown, spotted with black and 

 greyish brown ; closely resembling the eggs of our British Vanellus. 



Rallus sanguinolentus, Swains. ; Chilian name Piden. — This egg is 

 1 jn. T 8 ^- long and 1^ in. in breadth : the ground colour white, tinged 

 with red, partially spotted with yellowish red. In its ground colour 

 and markings very similar to the egg of our British Rallus. 



Gallinula crassirostris, J. E. Gray. Called by the Chilians Taguita. 

 — The egg reddish white, spotted with two shades of reddish brown ; 

 the length 1 in. fa by 1 in. fa in breadth. 



Fulica galeaia, G. R. Gray. — This egg, closely resembling that of 

 our Common Coot in its colours and markings, measures 2 in. ^ in 

 length, and lj in. in breadth : pale brownish white, or stone-colour, 

 speckled over with nutmeg-brown. 



Cygnus nigricollis, Gmelin. Cisne is the Chilian name for this 

 Black-necked Swan. The egg is near 4 in. in length by 2J in. in 

 breadth ; white, tinged with pale buff. 



Rhynchaspis maculatus. The Chilian name of this bird is Pato 

 Abaston. — The egg measures 2 in. fa in length and If in. in breadth ; 

 dull, greyish white, tinged with green. 



Querquedula ccerulata, Eyton. The Chilian name of this little Duck 

 (the Anas Raffiesii of Vigors) is Pato Colorado. — The egg is 2 in. in 

 length and 1 in. fa in breadth : the colour a uniform pale buffy 

 white. 



Anas Bahamensis? Linn., called Pato Jergon grande by the Chi- 

 lians, produces an egg -fa of an inch larger in both its dimensions 

 than the egg of the Pato Colorado last- described, and of a richer and 

 more decided buff-colour. 



Podiceps Chilensis, Garnot. Called by the Chilians Guala and 

 Gualon. — This large species of Grebe produces an egg of 2 in. -fa in 

 length by \\ in. in breadth, of a dull white, stained with earthy 

 brown. 



Podiceps Kalipareus, Quoy and Gaim. The Chilian name Gualita 

 de la Mar. — The egg of this Grebe measures 1 in. fa by 1 \ in., of a 

 dull white, some of them more or less stained with dirty brown, de- 

 pending on the number of days they may have been deposited in the 

 nest. 



The egg of a third species of Podiceps, bearing the Chilian name 

 Gargari, is yet a little smaller than the egg of the Gualita last de- 

 scribed, measuring only 1 in. fa in length and 1 in. y 1 ^ in breadth; 

 the colour as usual in the eggs of all the Grebes. 



2. Description of a new Genus of Emyd^e. By J. E. Gray, Esq., 

 F.R.S., F.Z.S. etc 



In the museum of the Zoological Society is a fine specimen of a 



