NETTIUM. 171 



Nettion castaueum, Sah-adori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 252 (1895) ; 



Nchrk. Kat. liuTrnvunl. p. 245 (18U9) ; Campbell, Nests ^- £'/</s 



Austr. Birds, ii. p. 1087 (I'JOl). 

 Nettiuin castaueum, ISharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 219 (1899). 



The eggs of the Australian Teal are either elliptical or oval in 

 shape, glossy, and varj'ing from cream to pale stone-colour. They 

 measure fro.u 1-9 to 2-2 in length, and from 1"35 to 1'57 in 

 bceadth. 



2. Australia. GJould Coll. 



2. Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Australia. Sir D. Cooper [P.]. 



2. New South Wales. (touH Coll. 



2. Laehlau River, New South "Wales, Crowley Bequest. 

 10th July {A. J. North). 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. • F. A. Philbriek, Esq., K.C. 



2. Ta,Mmania. Gould Coll. 



2. Table Cape, Tasmania, Aug. Crowley Bequest. 



Nettium gibberifrons {^. MdlL). 



Anas gibberifrons, Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 261 (1888) ; 



North, Nests cS- E//(js Aiistr. Birds, p. 342 (1889). 

 Nettion gibberifrons, Scdradori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 254 (1895) ; 



Campbell, Nests i,- Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 1039 (1901). 

 Nettium gibberifrons, 8h.arpe, Hand-l. i. p. 219 (1899). 



The eggs of the Australian Grey Teal are either oval or elliptical 

 in shape, moderately glossy, and cream-coloured. Four examples 

 measure respectively : 1*95 by 1'42; 1-97 by 1"4 ; 2-13 by 1"4:2 ; 

 1-94 by 1-4. 



4. Ivanhoe, New South Wales, 9tli Oct. Crowley Bequest. 

 (A'. 11. Bennett). 



Nettium flavirostre ( V.). 



Querquedula creccoides, Gould, P. Z. A'. 1859, p. 96 ; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, 



p. 160. 

 Querquedula llavirostris, Sol. <^- Huds. Argent. Orn, ii. p. 131 (1889) ; 



Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 207 ; James, Neiv List of Chilian Birds, p. 9 



(1892). 

 Nettion flavirnstre, Salradori, Cat. Birds B. 31. xxvii. p. 261 (1895) ; 



Nchrk. Kat. Eicrsamnd. p. 245 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. 



Pavli.Hta,i\. p. 280 (1900). 

 Nettium flavirostre, Hharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 219 (1899). 



The eggs of the Yellow-billed Teal arc of an oval shape, but so 

 very slightl}' compressed at the smaller end that they are almost 

 elliptical. They have a slight gloss, and they vary from cream- 

 colour to a pale creamy buft'. They measure from 1*9 to 2"25 in 

 length, and from 1-36 to 1-55 in breadth. 



3. Argentine Kepublie, Oct. A. II. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 

 8. Province of Tarapaca, Nortli Chile Berkelev Jaiues Coll. 



(A. A. Lane). 



