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GRTJIDJ3. 



1. South Spain (H. Sounders). 



1. Dovrefjeld, Norway, June (JR. 

 Collett). 



1. Sodankyla, 20th May (J. Wolley). 



2. Central Sweden (H. W. Wheel- 



ivright). 



2. Livonia, Baltic Provs. (Russow). 



2. Pomerania, 20th April (T. Holland}. 



2. Pomerania, 23rd April (T. H.}. 



2. Pomerania, 14th May (T.H.). 



2. East Pomerania, 24th April (T. H.}. 



2. East Pomerania, 28th April (T. H.). 



3. West Pomerania, 25th April ( T. H.) 

 1. Stolp, Pomerania (T. H.}. 



1. Pomerania (T. Krilper}. 



2. Pomerania (Kjcerbolling). 

 1. R. Volga (Henke). 



1. Crimea (Hargitt Coll}. 



1. Erzeroom, 9th June. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Zool. Society. 



Grus canadensis (Linn.). 



Grus canadensis, Coues, Birds N.- West, p. 532 (1874) ; Baird, Brewer 

 $ Ridyw. Water Birds N. Am. i. p. 407 (1884); Nelson, Report 

 Nat. Hist. Alaska, p. 94 (1887; ; MacFarlane, Pruc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mm. xiv. p. 425 (1891); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 256 

 (1884) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 177 (1899). 



The eggs of the Little Brown Crane in the Collection can all be 

 matched by eggs of the Common Crane. They measure from 3*4 

 to 3-7 in length, and from 2'25 to 2-5 in breadth. 



Alaska (Henshaw Coll.). 



Alaska (Smiths. Inst.). 



Yukon Delta, 31st May (E. W. 



Nelson: Henshaw Coll.). 

 Yukon Delta (E. W. N. : Henshaw 



Coll.). 



British Columbia (J. K. Lord). 

 Cambridge Bay, Arctic America 



(Capt. Collinson). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 

 Voy. H.M.S. ' Enterprise/ 



Grus japonensis (P. L. S. Mull.). 



Grus montignesia, Bartlett, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 369. 

 Grus viridirostris, David 8f Oust. Ois. de la Chine, p. 435 (1877). 

 Grus japonensis, Seebohm, Birds Japan. Emp. p. 351 (1890) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 258 (1894) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 177 (1899). 



The eggs of the Sacred Crane in the Collection are of a remark- 

 ably narrow oval form and almost without gloss. Their coloration is 

 of quite the same character as that of the eggs of the Common 

 Crane. The ground is cream-coloured, and this is sparingly spotted 

 and blotched with reddish brown and underlying pale purple. In one 

 example the markings form an irregular cap at the broad end, in 



