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PLOTII)^. SULID^. 



15. 



11. 



2. 



i. 



2. 

 2. 

 1. 

 3. 

 1. 



25. 



3. 



5. 



Eastern Narra, Sind {S. Doig). 

 Sultanpur, lJ2nd July. 

 Sultanpur, 22nd July. 

 Eahun, Etawah, 6th Aug. 

 Aligurh, Aug. 

 Etawah, 9th Aug. 

 Etawah, 27th Aug. 

 Etawah, 28th Aug. 

 Trincomali, Ceylon, 30th Jan. 



( W. V. Leyge). 

 Myitkyo, Pegu, 22nd Aug. {E. W 



O cites). 

 North-west Borneo, 15th Nov. 

 Padas River, N.W. Borneo, 



15th Nov. (/. Whitehead). 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Gates Coll. 



J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Plotus anhinga {Linn.). 



Plotus anhinga, Baii-d, Brewer Sf Hidyw. Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 166 

 (1884); Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 419 (1898); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 236 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 236 (1899) ; 

 von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 273 (1900). 



The eggs of the American Darter vary from 1-92 to 2'18 in 

 length, and from 1-33 to 1'45 in breadth. 



1. North America {Smiths. Inst.). 



2. North America (Henshaw Coll.). 

 1. South Carolina, 1st July (J. /. 



Audubo7i). 



1. Florida. 



1. Florida, 15th March. 



1. Florida, 5th May. 



2. Florida. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Sir Richard Owen [P.J. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Family SULID^. 



The eggs of the Gannets or " Boobies " resemble those of the 

 Cormorants {Phalacrocoracidce), but they appear on the whole to 

 be rather broader in proportion to their length and to be more 

 constantly of an oval shape, biconical or elliptical forms being less 

 frequently met with. The eggs of the different species vary only 



Genus SULA, Briss. 

 Sula bassana {Linn.). 



Sula bassana, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xciii. fig. 1 (1845-54) ; 

 Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 38. fig. 3 (1855-63) : Hewitson, Eggs of 

 Brit. Birds, ii. p. 474, pi. cxxx. fig. iii (1856J ; Dresser, Birds Eur. 

 vi. p. 181 (188U; ; Baird, Brewer 8f Ridqw. Water B> '- N. Am. 

 ii. p. 171 (1884) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, 'iii. p. 643, .1885); 



