208 Thayer, Great Auk Eggs. [^^"11 



358 [ = 258] Anser f erruginea = Anser Tartaricus f errugineus p. 25 

 320 Trynga alba = Tringa Leucophsea p. 32 



Unfortunately Dr. Richmond has adopted Parus aureus from 

 the Catalogue, and the committee of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union adopted Tringa leucophcea. If these names are rejected 

 as I think they must be then Euphonia aurea (Pallas) p. 345 of 

 Dr. Richmond's paper will revert to Euphonia chloroticaLinn. 1766; 

 while the Sanderling will be known as Calidris alba Pallas as given 

 by Dr. Richmond, p. 347. 



I can see no excuse whatever for rejecting the names given in the 

 Adumbratiunculse and the changes in nomenclature suggested 

 by Dr. Richmond should be adopted. 



Moreover one more seems to be necessary. The Crested Guinea 

 Fowl, Guttera cristata usually quoted from Numida crisfata Pallas 

 Spic. Zool. I, p. 15, 1767, is described in the Adumbratiunculse 

 1764 as Meleagris cristata. This name however is invalidated by 

 Meleagris cristata Linn., Syst. Nat. 1758, and I would therefore 

 propose for Meleagris cristata Pallas 1764 (= Numida cristata 

 Pallas 1767) the name Guttera pallasi. 



GREAT AUK EGGS IN THE THAYER MUSEUM. 



BY JOHN E. THAYER. 

 Plate XII. 



There is at the present time a series of eight eggs of the Great 

 Auk, Plautus impeiinis, in my collection. Three of these were 

 described in 'The Auk' for 1905. The others are those numbered 

 XIV to XVIII in Thomas Parkin's Catalogue of mounted skins 

 and eggs of the Great Auk sold at public auction in Great Britain 

 1806-1910, from which publication the following notes are taken. 



Egg XIV was found in the shop of Mons. Perrot, Naturalist 

 Prepateur at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, by the late 



