154 



Branta nificollis {PaU.). 



Jteruicla rutieollis, Dre.fser, Birth Eur. vi. p. 403 (1876) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 



1879, p. lot) ; Popham, Ibis, 1897, p. 99. 

 Anser rutieollis, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. olo, pi. 61 (1885) : id. Eyys 



of Brit. Birds, p. 3o, pi. 11. ti^. 1 (1890). 

 Eranta nificollis, Tacz. Faioif Oni. Siber. Orient, p. 1110 (1893): 



Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 124 (1895); Sharpe. Hand-l. 



i. p. 213 (1899). 



The eggs of the Ked-breajted Goose in the Collection measure 

 respectively : 2-68 by 1-8 ; 2-68 by 1 83. 



1. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 70^° X., Seebohm Coll. 



1st July (//. SM/ohm). 

 1. Yenesei Valley, 2nd July. II. L. Popham, Esq, [P.]. 



Genus NESOCHEN, Salvad. 



Nesochen sandvicensis ( Viy.). 



Bernicla sandvicensis, -SW. 1'. Z. S. 1880, p. 504. 



Nesochen sandvicensis, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 126 (1895) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 213 (1899) ; XeJirk. Kat. Eiersaimnl. p. 243 



(1899). 



The eggs of the Sandwich Island Goose in the Collection measure 

 from 2-9 to 3'5 in length, and from 2*13 to 2-27 in breadth. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Zoological Society. 



Loudon). 



2. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



London). 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Crowley Bequest. 



Loudon: Tristram Coll.). 



2. [Sandwich Islands.] Crowley Bequest. 



Sub-Family CHEXONETTIN.E. 



The eggs of the Geese of this Sub-Family have little or no gloss 

 and the shell is obsoletely granulated. 



Genus CHLOEPHAGA, Eyton. 



Chloephaga melanoptera {Ei/ton). 



Bernicla melanoptera, Sd. i,- Hiids. An/ent. Orn.u. p. 122 (1889): James, 



Neio List of Chilian Birds, p. 9 (1892). 

 €hloephaga melanoptera, Sahadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 129 



(1896) ; Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 190 ; Sharj>e, Hand-l. i. p. 213 (1899). 



The eggs of the Andean Goose are cream-coloured. They are of 

 an elliptical form, and measure from ;3-05 to 3-lo in length, and 

 from 1-95 to 2 in breadth. 



7. Chile, 27tli Jan. Berkeley James Coll. 



