FCTLICA. 



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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. 



New Zealand. 



Canterbury, South Island, New 



Zealand. 



New South Wales. 

 New South Wales. 

 New South Wales, 27th Sept. 



Dr. Sinclair [P.]. 

 Capt. R. Snow [P.]. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Tliver Murray, S. Australia, 22nd Oct. E. S. Moulden, Esq. [P.]. 



Sub-Family FULICIN^E. 

 Genus FULICA, Linn. 



Pulica atra, Linn. 



Fulica atra, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. V6g. tab. Ixxiv. fig. 1, a-d (184-5-54) ; 

 Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 44. fig. 9 (1855-63) ; Hewitson, Eggs of 

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

 p. 361 ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 225 ; Scully, Stray Feath. iv. p. 191 

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

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

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

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

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



Fulica pullata, Thien. torn. cit. tah. 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 1-25 to 

 1-55 in breadth. 



2. Loch Ashie, Inverness (E. Hargitt}. 



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



Seebohm}. 



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

 ~>. Luton Park, Bedfordshire, 28th May 



(H. Seebohm). 



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

 5. Riddagshausen, Brunswick, 29th 



April (A. Nehrkorn). 

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



Saunders). 

 1. Seville, 14th April (H. founders: 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 1. Seville, 28th April (H. S. : Hargitt 



Coll.). 



5. Zana, Algeria, June (O. Salvin). j 

 VOL. r. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

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