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Kustendji, 20tli May. Seebohm Coll. 



Ivubtendii, ■22nd May. Seebohm Coll. 



Medjidji, Dobrudscha. May. Seebohm Coll. 



Between Kustendji & Tchernavoda. Seebohm Coll. 



South Russia {Charhonniere : Har- Seebohm Coll. 



(jitt Coll.). 



Sarepta, S. Tiussia. Seebohm Coll. 



Sarepta (Dr. Stader ; Havgitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



E. Volga, S. Russia. Seebohm Coll. 



Mesopotamia. Euphrates Exped. 



Northern Asia. Purchased. 



R. Amur {G. Radde). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Geuus BALEARIC A, Briss. 



Balearica regulorum (Benn.). 



Balearica reguLjruui, Gurney, Ihis, 1868, p. 2oh; Layard, Ibis, 1869, 

 p. 376 ; Ayres, Ihis, 1873, p. 286 ; Skarpe, Hand-l. i. p. 179 (1899). 



Balearica chrvsopelargus, Shmye, cd, Layard, Bird.s S. Africa, p. 629 

 (1875-84) ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. xxii'i. p. 274 (1894). 



The sole egg of the Southern Crowned Crane in the Collection is 

 of a very regular oval .shape, glossy and of a pale bluish-white 

 colour. Mr. Barratt, who took this example, states, as quoted by 

 Sharpe, that the eggs of this Crane were always found by him to 

 bo of this colour. Layard, however, describes an egg of this species 

 as " of a dull pale brown tinged with green, and obscurely marked 

 with faint reddish-brown confused blotches, chiefly at the obtuse 

 end, with here and there a dark mark standing out prominently." 

 Mr. Barratt's example measures 3'5 by 2-25. 



1. Transvaal. F. A. Barratt, Esq. [P.]. 



Sub-Order ARAMI. 



Family ARAMI D^. 



Genus ARAMUS, V. 



Aramus scolopaceus (Gm.). 



Aramus scolopaceus, T/iie?i. Fortpjlanz. yes. Vciy. tab. Ixxii. fig. 15 (1845- 

 54) ; Ihtdson, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 102 ; Buniford, Ibis, 1877, p. 196 ; 

 .Scl. Sf Hiids. An/ent. Orn. ii. p. 159 (1889) ; Holland, Ibis, 1892, 

 p. 210; Sharpe,' Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 237 (1894) ; id. Hand-l. 

 i. p. 180 (1899). 



The eggs of the Southern Courlau are bicouical in shape, both 

 ends being about equally compressed and pointed. They have a 

 slight gloss and the shell is very smooth. The ground is rich 



