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excepting that they do not appear ever to exhibit a pinkish ground, 

 all the specimens in the Collection being of a pale cream or creamy- 

 bufF colour. They measure from 2 to 2-3 in length, and from 

 1"35 to 1-6 in breadth. 



k 



1. New Zealand. Dr. Sinclair [P, 



1. Canterbury, South Island, New Capt. R. Snow fP.] 



Zealand. 



4. New South Wales. 



2. New South Wales. 

 1. New South Wales, 27th Sept. 



5. River Murray, S. Australia, 22nd Oct 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould CoU. 

 Gould Coll. 

 E. S. Moulden, Esq. [P.], 



Sub-Family FULICIN^E. 



Genus FULICA, Liyin. 



Fulica atra, Linn. 



Fuhca atra, Thien. Fortpfianz. ges. Voj. tab. Ixxiv. fig. 1, a-d (184o-54) ; 

 Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vdq. tab. 44. tig. 9 (1855-6-3) ; Heioitson, Egqs of 

 Brit. Birds, ii. p. 380," pi. cvii. fig. ii (1856) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 

 p. 361 ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 225 ; Sndly, Strai/ Feath. iv. p. 191 

 (1876) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 327 (1879) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, 

 ii. p. 564, pi. 23 (1884) ; Gates ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eqqs Ind. B. 

 iii. p. 386 (1890); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 210 (1894) ; 

 Seebohm, Et/gs of Brit. Birds, p. 87, pi. 22. fig. 2 (1896); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 109 (1899). 



Fulica pullata, Thien. torn. cit. tab. Ixxiv. fig. 3. 



The eggs of the Coot are of a regular oval shape, but sometimes 

 they are elliptical or biconical. They are fairly smooth but have 

 little gloss. The ground varies, being of a cream-colour in some, 

 pale buff or pinkish stone-colour in others. The markings consist 

 of minute specks and small spots of pale purple and blackish brown, 

 usually round and extremely distinct and well-defined. Numerous 

 examples measure from 1-75 to 2-3 in length, and from l-2o to 

 1*55 in breadth. 



2. Loch Ashie, Inverness {E. Harf/itf). 



3. Clamber Park, Notts, 9th May (//. 



Seebohm). 

 2. Clumber Park, 9th May (ZT. S.). 

 5. Luton Park, Bedfordshire, 28th May 



(H. Seelmhm). 

 7. Avington, Hants, May {E. Hargitt). 

 5. Riddagsbausen, Brunswick, 29th 



April (A. Nehrkorn). 

 1. Seville, Spain, 28th April {H. 



Saunders). 

 1. Seville, 14th Aprd (H. Saunders: 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 1. Seville, 28th April (//. *^ ; Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 5. Zana, Algeria, June (O. Salviti). 



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Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm CoU. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Co'l. 



