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2. IJetsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 

 ('>. Oiidousra, Ovampa-Laud, Feb. ( C. J. Crowle)' Bequest. 



Ayidersson). 



3. Gurg'aon District, Punjab. Ilume Coll. 

 1. Muttra, 'JTth Sept. ' Hume Coll. 



1. Mirzapur, 24tb Aug. ( W. E. Brooks : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



1. Mirzapur, 12tb Sept. (H^. i\ ^..- Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



7. Etawah, 15th July. Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, I4th Aug. Hume Coll. 



Genus RHODONESSA, Reichenb. 



Rhodonessa caryopliyllacea {Lath.). 



(Plate VI. fig. 1.) 



Anas caryophyllacea, Slmson, Ihis, 1884, p. 271. 



Rhodonessa oaryoplivllacea, Hume .?»■ Marsh. Game Birds Ind. iii. pp. 173, 

 43.5 (1880)"; Oates cd. Hume, Nests &,■ E(igs Ind. B. iii. p. 290 (1890) : 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p.' 61 (1895) ; Blanf. Fauna 

 Brit. Itid., Birds, iv. p. 425 (1898) ; Oates, CJatne Birds Ind. ii. p. 2Xi 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 209 (1899). 



In shape the eggs of the Pink-headed Duck are almost spherical. 

 They are very smooth, slightly glossy, and cream-coloured. They 

 measure from 1*71 to 1"82 in length, and from 1-61 to 1-" in 

 breadth. 



4. Purneah, Bengal, 3rd July Ilume Coll. 



(F. A. Shillinaford). 

 1. Purneah (i-; .4. S.). Hume Coll. 



Genus NETTOPUS, Brandt. 

 Nettopus auritus (BodcL). 



Xettopus auritus, Boeh ^- Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 174 ; Neicton, Ibis. 1863, 

 p. 459; Sharpe, ed. Lai/arers Birds S. Africa, p. 750 (187.5-84); 

 Milm— Edwards S: Grandidicr, Hist. Nat. Madaif., Ois. ii. p. 714, 

 pi. 307. fig. 1 (1884) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 65 (1895) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 209 (1899); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 242 

 (1899). 



The egg of the African Dwarf Goose in the Collection is 

 elliptical in shape, smooth, fairly glossy, and cream-coloured. It 

 measures 1'7 by 1-22. 



1. Madagascar (i?. JN^orfoM .• Tnstram Crowlev Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



Nettopus pulclieUus, Gould. 



Nettapus pulchellus, Gould, Ilandh. Birds Austr. ii. p. 357 (1865) • 

 North, Nests ^ Egijs Austr. Birds, p. 337 (1889). 



