NHirA. MiriOl'IAXA. 



7. Santa Olava, Seville, ■"tOtli Mav Seebulim Coll. 

 (Z. H. h-by). 



1. Zana, Algeria, 9tli June (77. B. Seebolim Coll. 



Tridram). 



2. Lenkoran, Caspian Sea (TeA/7io/7« Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



1. Lenkoran. Crowlev Bequest. 



3. Lenkoran (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Suh-Faniily FULIGULIN.E. 

 (itnus NETTA. Kaai,. 



Netta ruflna {Pall.). 



Anas rufina, Thien. Fortpjlanz. (jes. Voy. tab. l.v-xix. fijr. 3 (1845-54). 

 Branta rufina, Baedeker, EierEur. Voy. tab. 23. ^<x. 4 (1855-63) ; Salvin, 



Ibis, 1859, p. '-'Ai-i. 

 Callichen rntiua, Trisfram, Ibis, 1860, p. 81. 

 Fuligula rufina, Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 397; Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. 



p. 559 (1873); Hume S,- Marsh. Game Bird-; Ind. iii. p. -253 (1880) ; 



Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 567, pi. 64 (1885) ; id. Eggs of Brit. 



Birds, p. 43, pi. 14. tig. 6 (1896). 

 Netta rufina, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. x.wii. p. 328 (1895) ; SJiarpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 222 (1899). 



The eggs of the Ked-crested Pochard are of an elliptical or 

 narrow oval shape, slightly glossy, and of a greyish-green or pea- 

 green colour. They measure from 2-1J4 to 2-4 in length, and ironi 

 1'58 to 1-72 in breadth. 



2. Albufera de Valencia, Spain, Seebohm Coll. 



3rd April (H. Saunders). 



2. Danube. Seebohm Coll. 



1. South Russia (Haryitf Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Zana, .\lgeria, 9th .June (O..Srt/('('//). Salviu-liodman Coll. 

 1. Zma, 9tli .Tune (//. B. Trisfram). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Eastern .Algeria, titli .Iiiue ( 7/". />'. 7'.). Crowley Bequest. 



(k'nus METOPIANA, Up. 



Metopiana peposaca ( /'. ). 



( Plate Vli. tig. 5.) 



Metopiana peposaca, Durnford, Ibis, 1878. p. 65 ; Scl. ^- Kuds. Argent. 

 Orn. ii. p. 137 (1889) ; Holland, Ibis; 1892, p. 208: James, Xew 

 List of Chilian Birds, p. 10 (1892); Salmdori, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xxvii."p. .332 (1895) ; S/iarpe, Hand-l. i. p. 222 (1899); Xehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersainml. ]>. 246 (1899); rou Iherinq, Rev. Mux. Puulista, -p. 281 

 (1900). 



The eggs of the llosy-hilled Duck vary considerably in size, 

 shape, and colour. Some are broad ovals and of a greyish cream- 

 colour, others are of a narrow ova] or elliptic;il shapi\ rather glossy, 



