180 



LAEID^I. 



Nests fy Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 310 (1890) ; Saunders, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xxv. p. 43 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 134 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black-bellied Tern are broad, pointed ovals. The 

 ground varies from cream-colour to buff, sometimes tinged with 

 very pale green. The markings are small and consist of specks, 

 streaks and spots of yellowish brown, chocolate-brown and, in some 

 cases, of black. These are somewhat sparingly distributed over the 

 whole shell. The underlying markings are large, conspicuous, and 

 of a pale purple colour. Two examples in the Collection are of a 

 plain, unspotted, pale blue. Specimens vary from !! to 1/5 in- 

 length, and from -88 to 1-02 in breadth. 



10. Eastern Narra, Sind (S. Doifj). Hume Coll. 



1. Allahabad. Hume Coll. 

 9. Allahabad, 14th March. Hume Coll. 



18. Allahabad, 16th March. Hume Coll. 



2. Allahabad, 18th March. Hume Coll. 



1. Futtehgurh, 3rd April (A. Ander- Saunders Coll. 



son). 



2. Delhi. Hume Coll. 

 5. Etawah, 12th March (A. O. Hume). Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 16th March (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 6th April (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Wazirabad, 9th March. Hume Coll. 



Sterna forsteri, Nutt. 

 (Plate XIII. fig. 4.) 



Sterna forsteri, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 292 

 (1884); Saunders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 46 (1896); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 134 (1899). 



The eggs of Porster's Tern are of a regular but somewhat narrow 

 oval form. The ground is of a pale greyish green or pale buff 

 colour, and this is pretty thickly and evenly marked with spots and 

 blotches of dark blackish brown and underlying pale purple. They 

 measure from 1-65 to T76 in length, and from 1-13 to 1-25 in 

 breadth. 



2. North America (H. E. Dresser). 



1. North America (T. M. Breiver). 



1. Shoal Lake (D. Ounn : Smiths. 



Inst.). 



I. Cobbs Island, Virginia, June. 



1. Cobbs Island, June. 



2. Cobbs Island, June. 

 1. Cobbs Island, June. 



1. Cobbs Island, 21st June. 



1 . Cobbs Island, 21st June. 



1. Cobbs Island, 25th June. 



1. Cobbs Island, 25th June. 



2. Cobbs Island, 25th June. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godnian Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



W. E. D. Scott, Esq. [0.]. 



