AVTHYA, ISl 



tliose of A.ferina. Six examples measure respectively: 2''-i'2 by 

 1-65; 2-1 hy I'CH ; 2-15 by l-()7; 2-16 by 1-68; 2-22 by 1-G2: 

 2-3 by 1-68. 



1. North America (Smd/is. I/i.^L). Salvin-Goilnian Coll. 



1. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Washoe Lake, Nevada {II('nt:/iaw .S.ilvin-Godniaii Coll. 

 Co/L). 



1. Hudsou's ]5ay. Crowlpy Bequest. 



Aythya nyroca (Guhl.). 



Anas nyroca, Thien. luirtpjlunz. yes. Hit/, tab. Ix.xx. fifj. 3 (1845 54). 

 FulifTula nyroca, Baedelier, Eier Eur. Voy. tab. 23. %. 2 (1855-(33) ; 



Sannffer.s, Ihi's, 1871, p. 397 ; Hume S,- Marsh. Game Birds Ind. iii. 



p. 263 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eqgs Ind. B. iii. p. 292 



(1890) ; Seebohm. Brit. Birds, iii. p. 571, pi. 64 (1885) ; id. Eggs of 



^?-!<. ^«Vr^.s, p. 44, pi. 14. lifr. 4 (1896). 

 Fiiligula leucophthalmos, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 425, 



pi. cxvii. tig. i (1856). 

 Nyroca leucophthiilma, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 304 ; Tristram, Ibis, 1860, 



p. 81. 

 Nyroca ferruginea, Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 581 (1872) ; Wilson, Jonrn. 



Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xii. p. 641 (1899). 

 Nyroca, africana, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 345 (1895J. 

 Nyroca uyroca, Oates, Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 318 (1899). 

 Aythya nyroca, Sharps, Hand-l. i. p. •J23 (1899). 



The eggs of the Ferruginous, or White-eyed, Duck are of an 

 elliptical or oval shape, and fairly glossy : they vary from cream- 

 colour to pale buflr, frequently with a tinge of green. They measure 

 from r92 to 2"21 in length, iind from 1'41 to 1-54 in breadth. 



2. San Lunar, S. Spain {H. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



H. South Bussin, 2nd June. (Jrowley Bequest. 



1. Zana, Algeria, 6th June (//. B. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Tristram). 



1. Zana, 9th June {H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Zana, 6th June (O. Salvin). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



1. Ain Djendeli, Algeria, 24th June Salvin-Godman Cull. 



(O. S.). 



3. Ain Djendeli, 22nd June ( Jf '. H. Crowley Bequest. 



Simpson^. 



4. Chemora, Algeria, 24th June (O. ^.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Kashmir, 8th June ( n:£.^r(wZ;.s). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Kashmir, 9th June ( IT'. E. B.). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Kashmir, 9th June ( Tf. E. />'.). Hume Coll. 



6. Srinagar, Kashmir, 9th June ( W. Hume Coll. 

 E. B.). 



Aythya erythrophthalma ( Wied). 



Aythia capensis, Anderss. Birds Damara-Land, p. 342 (1872) ; SItarpe, 

 ed. Bayard's Birds S. Africa, p. 760 (1884); Kus/iel, J. f. O. 1895, 

 p.«84. 



Nyroca brunnea, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 351 (1895). 



Aythya erytlirophtbalm;i, Slinrpr. Iland-l. i. p. 223 ( 1.^09). 



