170 



The eggs of the Common Teal are mostly elliptical in shape, but 

 some are oval. Thej' are fairly glossy, and vary from cream-colour 

 to pale buff or light brown, often with a tinge of green. They 

 measure from 1-G to 1-95 in length, and from 1-25 to 1-35 in breadth. 



8. My Vatn Lake, Iceland {Nielsoii). 



9. Faroe Islands, 16th Juue (H. C. 



Miiller). 

 10. Loch Cluny, Ross-shire, 20th May 

 {Harbin CoU.). 



5. Loch Luichart, Ross-shire. 



0. Inverness-shire (Haryitt Coll.). 

 3. Inverness-shire {Harijitt Coll.). 

 3. Inverness-shire (Hargitt Coll.). 

 3. Inverness-shire {Haryitt Coll.). 



6. Inverness-shire (Harr/itt Coll.). 

 5. Tring, Hertfordshire. 



8. Elstead, Surrey. 



5. Frensham Pond, Hampshire, May. 



6. Valkenswaard, Holland, loth May 



(H. Seebohm ^- C. B. Wharton). 

 6. Pomerania, 24th May ( T. Hollmid). 



5. Smolen Islands, N. js'orway, 15th 



June. 



1. Utkojoki, Lapland, 8th June 



(J. Wolley). 

 0. Petchora R., Lat. 65^^ N., 4th June 

 (H. Seebohm ^- J. A. Harvie- 

 Broivn). 



6. Petchora R., Lat. 67^° N., 



2nd June [H. S. 8f J. A. H.-B.). 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Cell. 



Seebohm CoU. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Hon.W.Rothschild,M.P.[P.]. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Nettium carolinense {Gm.). 



Nettion earolinensis, Ross, Canad. Nat. vii. p. 152 (1862) ; id. Nat. Hist. 



Bev. 1862, p. 287 ; Baird, Brewer Sf Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. 



ii. p. 2 (1884). 

 Anas earolinensis, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 549 (1885) ; id. Eggs of 



Brit. Birds, p. 40 (1896) ; MacFarlane, Free. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 



p. 420 (1891). 

 Nettion carolinensR, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 250 (1895) ; 



Nelvh. Eat. Eiersnmml. p. 244 (1899). 

 Xettium carolinense, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 219 (1899). 



The eggs of the Carolina Teal are very similar to those of the 

 Common Teal. They measure from 1-72 to 1*87 in length, and 

 from 1-22 to 1-31 in breadth. 



2. North America {Smiths. Inst.). 



1. British Columbia (J. K. Lord). 



1. Mackenzie River District. 



8. Minnesota, U.S.A., 22nd May. 



Salvin-Godman CoU. 

 N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 

 B. R. Ross, Esq. [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Nettium castaneum {Eyton). 



Anas punctata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 365 (1865). 

 Anas castanea, North, Nests S,- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 341 (1889). 



