112 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds from Fao. 



57. Ardea cinebea, L. : Sharpe, This, 1886, p. 490; 

 Gates, ed. Hume's Nests & Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 233. 



No. 24. An immature male, shot on the 2nd of September. 

 ^ No. 48. Adult, January. 



One egg sent. Axis 2'4, diam. 1*75. 



58. Ardea purpurea, L. : Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 490; 

 Gates, ed. Hume's Nests & Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 235. 



Three eggs forwarded by Mr. Gumming. Axis 2*2-2'3, 

 diam. 1-65-1-7. 



59. Demiegretta asha (Sykes) : Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, 

 p. 490. 



No. 21. Three young specimens, in white plumage, just 

 beginning to turn grey. [Cf. Mr. Cumming's remarks in 

 * The Ibis ' for 1886, p. 490.] 



Seven eggs sent by Mr. Gumming are greenish blue. Axis 

 1-7-2-05, diam. 1-3-1-4. 



60. BuBULCus IBIS, Bp. : Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 491. 

 Nos. 18, 20, 22. Three young birds procured in September. 



61. GicoNiA nigra (L.) : Blanf. Eastern Persia, ii. p. 297. 

 No. 50. ^ imm., September 5th, 1886. Bill and legs 



green. 



62. GicoNiA ALBA, Bcchst. : Blanf. t, c. p. 297. 



Four eggs sent by Mr. Gumming; they are uniform 

 creamy white. Axis 2-55-2'85, diam. 2*0-2"2. 



63. Platalea MAJOR, T. & S. : Grant, Ibis, 1889, pp. 39- 

 46. 



Platalea leucorodia, Gates, ed. Hume's Nests & Eggs Ind. 

 B. iii. p. 217. 



"No. 25. Shot at mouth of river at Fao, Sept. 6th. Seen 

 in large flocks." 



A young bird, which Mr. Ggilvie Grant has kindly identified 

 for me. 



A large series of eggs has been sent with the present col- 

 lection, and the enormous variation in size noticed by 

 Mr. Hume, is very marked. Axis 2"l-30, diam. 1*65-1'8. 

 Mr. Hume does not seem to have met with such a small egg 

 as that mentioned above. 



