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PLATA LEI D^. 



entire shell, in others they are chiefl}- collected together at the 

 broad end. Some eggs exhibit underlying markings of pale purple ; 

 others entirely want them. The eggs measure from 2-4 to 2-95 in 

 length, and from 1-65 to 1-95 in breadth. 



3. 



3. 



6. 

 15. 



2. 

 2. 



1. 

 17. 



2. 

 1. 

 4. 



14. 



10. 



1. 



Europe. 



Europe. 



Europe. 



HoUand (J. Baker). 



Horster Mere, Holland, 23rd May 



{H. Seebohm). 

 Hungary, 14th April. 

 R, Volga (Dr. Stealer : Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 Erzeroum, 9th June. 

 Abdullah Bank, Persian Gulf, 



24th April. 

 Moor Mooza, Persian Gulf, May. 

 Moor Mooza, loth May. 

 Boobian Island, Persian Gulf, 



25th May. 

 Mvnpoori, India, 26th Aug. 



'{A. 0. Hume). 

 Mohar near Cawnpore, 17th 



Sept. {C. T. Binyham). 

 Utchulda, Etawah, 4th Aug. 



( W. E. Brooks). 

 Utchulda, 8th Aug. ( W. E. B.). 

 Etawah, 18th Aug. 



Old Collection. 

 H. F. Walter, Esq. [P.]. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Zool. Society. 



W. D. Camming, Esq. 



W. D. Cumming, Esq. 

 W. D. Cumming, Esq. 

 Hume Coll. 



Huine Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



[P.]. 



Genus KZh.Zk., lieichenh. 

 Ajaja ajaja (Linn.). 



Platalea ajaga, Thien. Fortpjlanz. r/es. Viig. tab. Ixviii. fig. 7 (1845-o4). 

 Platalea ajaja, Cory, Birds Bahamas, p. 104 (1880) ; Gibson, Ibis, 1880, 



p. 150. 

 Ajaja rosea, Baird, Brewer Sf Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. i. p. 102 



(1884) ; Sd. :^ Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 114 (1889). 

 Ajaja ajaja, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. h'l (1898) ; id. KandA. i. 



p. 189 (1899). 



The egg of the Roseate Spoonbill in the Collection is of a regular 

 oval shape, rather rough and gloss-less. It is dull white, streaked 

 and blotched, equally over the entire shell, with pale chestnut- 

 brown. There are also numerous dark specks scattered over the 

 egg. It measures 2" 47 by 1'72. 



1. North America {Hemhaiv Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



