DENDKOCTC.VA. A UH'OCH FN. 159' 



2. Peiiu, t)tli Julv (i'. jr. O.). Gates Coll. 



5. rt'Vni. 2!ttli .\u--. (i'. W. ().). Oate.s Coll. 



1. Kaukavit, Teiiasserim (C T. Hume Coll. 

 JIiii<lham). 



Dendrocycna autumiialis {Linn.). 



Dendriicvciia autumiialis, Baird, Brewer 6) Iiid(/u-. Wafer Birds N. Am. 



i. ii.'4Sl (1884) ; Salmdori, Cat. Birds B. 'M. xx\ii. p. 159 (189.5). 

 Dendi'ocypna autumnali.<5, Sharpe, JIaiid-l. i. p. I'l") (lf<9ii). 



The egg of the Black-bellied Tree-Duck in the Collection is of an 

 elliptical shape, slightly glossy, and of a pale yellowish-white colour. 

 It measures 2-15 by 1-G4. 



1. Nnrtli America (Sinif/is. Inst.). iSalviu-Godniau Coll. 



Dendrocycna eytoni {Gould). 



1 )eiidroeygua eytoni, Gould, Handb. Birds Amtr. ii. p. 375 (18U5) ; Buller. 



Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 268 (1888); \ort/i, Kesfs S,- E(/(/s 



Aiisfr. Birds, p. .'UO (1889) ; Sharpe, Ilund-l. i. p. 215 (1890). 

 Dendrocvcua eytoni, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 165 (1895) ; 



Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 243 (1899): Campbell, Nests S,- E<iii's 



Austr. Birds, ii. p. 1027 (1901). 



The egg of Ey ton's Tree-Duck in the Collection is rather pointed 

 at both ends, without gloss, and of a creamy- white colour. It 

 measures 1'9 by 1*42. 



1. S. Aur^traha (ir7»Vc). Gould Coll, 



Genus ALOPOCHEN, Stejn. 



Alopochen segyptiacus {Linn.). 



Anser Kgvptiaciis, Thien. Fortpjlanz. f/es. Vciff. tab. Ixxv. fig. 1 (l845-.-)4) ; 



Heebohm, E(j(jsof Brit. Birds, p. 36, pi. 12. tig. 1 (1896). 

 t'henalopex ajgyptiaca, Baedeker, Eie.rEur. 7 oy. tab. 31. tig. 4 (1855-63) ; 



Sharpe, ed. Lai/ard's Birds S. Africa, p. 747 (1875-84) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 



1880, p. 498. 

 Chenalopex ai'izyptiacus, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 167 (1895) • 



Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 243 (1899). 

 Alopochen segyptiacus, Sharpe, Hand-/, i. p. 215 (ls99). 



The eggs of the Egyptian Goose are of a narrow, pointed oval 

 form, fairly glossy and of a palo cream-colour. Specimens measure 

 from 2-8 to 2*97 in length, and from 1-85 to 1*95 in breadth *. 



1. Laid in confinement. Gould Coll. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zoo). Gardens, Zoological Society, 

 Loudon). 



* The Collection contaius sis eggs of A. (egi/ptiacus X Casarca riitila, laid 

 in conOneiuent in tlie Zoological Gardens of London. They are eJliptical in 

 shapo, very glossy, and of an ivory-white colour. They measure 23 by 1"7.'>. 



