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



All these eggs are of different types, and correspond with 

 the extreme variations noticed by Mr. Hume. 



90. Sterna anglica, Mont. : Dresser, B. Eur. viii. p. 295, 

 pi. 585 ; Gates, ed. Hume's Nests & Eggs Ind. B. i. p. 304. 



[Female. Shot whilst flying over fields at back of date- 

 trees, August 27th.] 



Six eggs measure — axis l"95-2"05, diam. 1*35-1'45. The 

 eggs are well described by Mr. Hume (/. c). 



91. Sterna hybrida. Pall. : Blanf. t. c. p. 294. 

 Hydrochelidon hybrida, Dresser, B. Eur. viii. p. 315, 



pis. 588, 589. 



A young bird in winter plumage, August 22nd. 



An adult in change of plumage, August 26th. 



An adult bird in change of plumage, shot at mouth of 

 river at Fao, on the 9th of September. 



A young bird in winter plumage, September 14th. 



92. Mergus serrator, L. : Dresser, B. Eur. vi. p. 693, 

 pi. 453. 



[Shot at Jask by Mr. A. J. V. Palmer. A large flock 

 seen.] 



93. Dafila acuta (L.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 301. 



Male. [Shot on marsh at back of Telegraph Bungalow, 

 October 19th.] 



94. Mareca PENELOPE (L.) : Blanf. t. c. p. 301. 

 Two adult males, October 25th. 



95. Pelecanus mitratus, Licht. : Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 

 iv. p. 1500; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 266. 



Pelecanus minor, Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 294. 



Head of adult. 



Young, October 24th, 1886. 



Four eggs sent. Axis 3'4-3"9, diam. 2*l-2'4. 



