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The eggs of the Little liittern are white, and some have a faint 

 gloss. They measure from 1-22 to 1-55 in length, and from -98 to 

 1*1 lu breadth. 



!' l^'i'J^'^y- Crowley Bequest, 



t ^o""*^- • Gould Coll. ^ 



4. Hollaml. S'eebohm Coll. 



o. ^lark BrandeHbeio:. Seebohm Coll. 



4. t-eme Inf(5rieure, France, 20th June Seebohm Coll 



^ (Hair/itt Col/.). 



2. Volga. Seebohm Coll. 



0. Zana, Algeria, May (H. B. Tris- Seebohm Coll. 



tram). 



4. Zana, 10th .Iuue(0.&(/wVi). Halvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Zana, 23rd June (0.6'.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Zana, 24th June (0..S'.). Salvin-Godman CoU. 

 J. Zana, 2oth June (O. -S'.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 i. Eastern Nana, Siud (S. Doig). Jhime C.dl. 



-. Eastern Narra, 8rd June [S. D.). Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 12tli June. Hume Coll. 



Ardetta sinensis {(thi.). 



Ardea sinensis, Thien.Fortpflunz. ges. Voc/. tab. Ixx. fig. 3 (1845-54). 

 Ai-dettn sinensis, SirMior', Ibis, 1860, p. 66; Leryqc, Birch Cciihn, p. 1150 



(IbbO); Oatesed. Iliime, Aests .V B</(/.s tnd. B. iii. p.' 255 (1890); 



Nuiriw, Cat. Bn-ds B. M. xxvi. p. 227 (1808) ; id. Jland-l. i. p. 202 



(1899) ; :svhrk. Kat. Eiermmml. p. 232 (1899). 



The esgs of the Little YelloM' Bittern are of an exceedingly pale 

 bluish-white colour, rather paler tlian those of Buhulcus corumand\is. 

 Ihey measure from 1-11 to l-;i7 in length, and from -89 to -96 in 

 breadth. 



18. Eastern Xarra, Sind (-S'. Doiy). Hume Coll. 



2. Eastern Xarra, 1st Julv (S. D.). Hume Coll. 

 .J. Eastern Narra, 2nd Julv (-S'. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Eastern Xarra, .Srd Julv (,S'.Z».). Hume ColL 

 4. Eastern Xana, 26th Julv ( -S'. D.). Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 20th Aug. (E. W. Oatcs). Gates Coll. 



T ■i^"?®^' ^-"^''"''' *-^- '*^'"'''"^<''')- Seebohm Coll. 



i. i.ulc Island, Carolines, 2.3rd Mav Crowlev Bequest. 



[Bothschild Mus.). ' ' ^ 



1. Kuk Island, 22ud June {Both- Crowlev Bequest. 



yc/iild J/m.s.). •' ^ 



Ardetta exilis (Gm.). 

 (Plate V. fig. 3.) 



Ardetta exilis, C'-,Mes, Birds N.-West, p. 528 (1874); Baird, Brewer .V 

 ^u/g7c. Uafer Birds X. Am. i. p. 72 (1884); S/iarne, Cat. Bird.< 

 B.M. xxvi. p. 231 (1898) ; id. Hand-I. i. p. 202 (1899) : Xehrk. Kot 

 l^tcrsninml. p. 232 ( 1899). 



Botaurus exilis, .Scotf, Auk, vi. p. 16 (1889). 



The eggs of the American Little Bittern are of exactly the sanir 



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