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The eggs of the Falcated Teal are of an elliptical shape, smooth 

 in texture, and very glossy. One specimen in the series is cream- 

 coloured ; two others are very pale brown. These three examples 

 measure respectively : 2-27 by 1-53 ; 2-1 by 1-58 ; 2-15 by 1-52. 



1. Lake Baikal, E. Siberia Crowley Bequest. 



(Di/bowski : Tristram Coll.). 



2. Amur-Land, 20th May (Doerries). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CHAULELASMUS, Grmj. 

 Chaulelasmus streperus (Linn.). 



Anas strepera, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. V'og. tab. Ixxix. fig. 8 (1845—54) ; 



newitx(jn, Egijs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 402, pi. cxiii. fig. i (1856) ; 



Seehohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 530, pi. 64 (1885); id. Eggs of Brit. 



Birds, p. 37, pi. 14. tig. 3 (1896). 

 Chaulioides strepera, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 61. fig. 3 (1855-63). 

 Chaulelasmus streperus, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 363 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. 



vi. p. 487 (1873) ; Hume S,- Marsh. Game Birds Ind. iii. p. 181 



(1880) ; Tan. Faune Orn. Siher. Orient, p. 1154 (1893) ; Salvadori, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 221 (1895) ; SJiarpe, Hand-l. i. p. 218 



(1899). 



The eggs of the Gadwall are usually of a blunt oval shape, but a 

 small number are elliptical. They are smooth and glossy, and vary 

 from cream-colour to greyish green. They measure from 2 to 2-3 

 in length, and from 1-46 to 1"61 in breadth. 



3. Cumberland (Heyshfim). Gould Coll. 



1. Merton, Norfolk (If. &). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Kusteudji, Turkey, 30tli May Crowley Bequest. 



(Dr. CuUen : Tristram Coll.). 

 10. Astrakhan. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Delta of the Volga, 30th May. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Zana, Algeria, 10th June (O. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Salvin). 

 5. Zana, 12th June (0. ;S'.). SalviuTGodman Coll. 



1. Zana, 12th June (0. S. .- Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



Genus MARECA, Ste2:>h. 

 Mareca penelope (Lhm.). 



Auas penelope, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixxx. fig. 6 (1845-54) ; 



Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 412, pi. cxiv. fig. iii (1856) ; 



Seebohm ^- Harvie-Brown, Ibis, 1876, p. 444; Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, 



p. 160 ; id. Brit. Birds, iii. p. 539, pi. 63 (1885) ; id. Eggs of Brit. 



Birds, p. 38, pl. 13. fig. 4 (1896). 

 Mareca penelope, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Tog. tab. 61. fig. 4 (1855-63) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 541 (1876) ; Hume ^- Marsh. Game Birds 



Ind. iii. p. 197 (1880) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 227 



(1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 218 (1899). 



