112 



4. 

 14. 



25. 

 2. 

 1. 



1. 

 L 

 ]. 

 5. 

 4. 



2, 



4. 



3. 



13. 



11. 



Sind, June (E. A. Butler). 

 Etawah, N.W. Prov., India, 16th 



Aug-. {A. O. Hume). 

 Etawah, 2oth Aug. (A. O. H.). 

 Etawah, 26th Aug. {A. 0. B.). 

 Loyah Bridge, Etawah, 14th July 



( W. E. Brooks). 

 Loyah Bridge, 16th Aug. ( W.E.B.). 

 Lovah Bridge, 23rd Aug. ( W.E.B.). 

 Loyah Bridge, 9th Sept. ( W. E.B.). 

 Cawnpore, 17th Sept. 

 Jhansi, 29th Aug. {F. B. Blewitt). 

 Saugor, C. Prov., 29th April 



(F. B. B.). 

 Saugor, 25th May {F. B. B.). 

 Saugor, 24th June (F. B. B.). 

 Saugor, 7th July (F. B. B.). 

 Myitkvo, Pegu, 7th July (E. W. 



date's). 

 Myitkyo, 1st Aug. {E. W. O.). 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Gates Coll. 



Gates Coll. 



Genus ARDEA, Linn. 

 Ardea goliath, Cretzschm. 



Ardea goliath, Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 220 ; Layard, Ibis, 1869, p. 376 ; 

 Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 707 (1875-84); Butler^ 

 Stray Feathers, x. p. 149 (1881) ; Butler, Feilden Sc Beid, Zool. 1882, 

 p. 343 : Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 66 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. i. 

 p. 194 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamvd. p. 230 (1899). 



The eggs of the Goliath Heron in the Collection are chiefly of a 

 lengthened elliptical shape, and measure from 2-75 to 3-3 in lengih^ 

 and from 1-95 to 2-02 in breadth. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



2. Junction of Ingagane and BuH'alo 



Rivers, Transvaal, 17th Get. 



[E. A. Butler lV Savile Beid). 

 4. Laid in continement (Zool. Gardens, 



Amsterdam). 

 1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, 



Amsterdam), 7th June. 



Ardea snmatrana, Baffi. 



Ardea sumatrana, Gould, Handh. Birds Amtr. ii. p. 296 (1865) ; Hume^ 

 Stray Feathers, ix. p. 235 (1^81 ) ; North. Nests S,' Egys Austr. Birds, 

 p. 317 (1887) ; Shur/e, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 68 (1898) ; id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 194 (1899); Nehrk. Fat. Eiersamml. p. 230 (1899). 



Leptoptilus javanicus {nee Horsf.), Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 272. 



The eggs taken by Sir E. Low in Labuan and attributed to 

 Lepto'ptihts javaiiims are, as surmised by Mr. Hume, those of the 

 present species, the Ashy-grey Heron. They are bluntly biconical. 

 Four examples measure respectively: 2-67 by 1-9; 2-7 by 1-9; 

 2-77 by 1-9 ; 29 by 1-8. 



2. 



Port Essington, N. Australia, Nov. 

 Labuan, Borneo. 



Gould Coll. 



Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



