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Zeal. 2ad ed. ii. p. 11 (1888) ; Furhes, Ibis, 1893, p. 528, pi. xiv. 

 ligs. o, 6; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xsiv. p. 304 (1896) ; id. Hand-l 

 i. p. 155 (1899). ^ 



The eggs of the Xew Zealand Plover in the Collection differ 

 considerably from each other. One is pyriform and has a cream- 

 coloured ground, delicately marked all" over with small umber- 

 brown specks, broken lines, and comma-like streaks, together with 

 some pale purple underlying spots. The other is of a regular oval 

 form, and has an olive-buff ground, very thickly covered with specks 

 and an involved series of lines and scrawls of dark brown, together 

 with a few underlying markings of pale purple. Both have a very 

 slight gloss. They measure respectively : 1-35 by -97 ; 1-4 by 1-03. 



2. Chatham Islands [H. O. Forbes). Seebohui Coll. 



Genus ANARHYNCHUS, Q. cj- G. 

 Anarhynchus frontalis, Q. i.^- G. 



Anarhyiicluis frontalis, Potts, Trans. Neio Zml. List. ii. p. 68 (1869) iii 

 p. 93 (1870) ; Hartim/, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 4.39, pi. Ix. tig. 11 : Bulh-r 

 Birds Xeiv Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 9 (1888) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B M 

 xxiv. p. 306 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 156 (1899). 



Charadrius frontalis, Seebohyn, Geogr. Distr. CharadriidfP, p. 152 (1887). 



The sole eg^ of the Wry-billed Plover in the Collection is of a 

 regular oval form and quite gloss-less. It is of an olive-buff colour, 

 thickly spotted and mottled with very dark umber-brown and' 

 underlying pale purple. The markings are very thickly spread over 

 the broader half of the egg, and become more or less confluent at 

 the apex. It measures 1-43 by 1-02. 



1. Otaio River, Canterburv, New Seebohm Coll 

 Zealand, 20th October (J. R. 

 Cook: Sartivg Coll.). 



Sub-Family PELTOHYATIN.^. 



Genus PELTOHYAS, Shar^e. 



Peltohyas australis {Gould). 

 (Plate II. fig. 2.) 



Eudromias australis, Goidd, Haitdb. Birds Aiistr. ii. p. 227 (1865) • 

 Campbell, Kests ^- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 53 (1883) ; Bamsai/ ProJ 



mX p:'3of(f^^)."'- p- ''' ^''''^ ' ^'"''' ^^^'^ ^- ^^ ^-''•- 



Ciiavadvius australis, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 110 (1887) 



Pehohyas australis, ,S7(«r;^<', CV/^ Birds B. M. xxiv. p. .307 am{\) ■ ii 



Hmid-l. i. p. 156 (1899). ^ ^ ' 



The eggs of the Australian Dotterel in the Collectit.ii are pvri- 

 form, and possess a very slight amount of gloss. They are of a pale 

 buff colour, at times tinged with green, somewhat sparingly spotted 



