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entire shell, in others they are chiefly collected together at the 

 broad end. Some eggs exhibit underlying markings of pale -purple ; 

 others entirely want them. The eggs measure from 2*4 to 2-95 in 

 length, and from 1-65 to 1-95 in breadth. 



2. 

 2. 



1. 



17. 



2. 

 1. 

 4. 



14. 



10. 



1. 



2. 

 5. 



Europe. 



Europe. 



Europe. 



Holland (.7. Baker}. 



Horster Mere, Holland, 23rd May 



(H. Seebohm). 

 Hungary, 14th April. 

 R. Volga (Dr. Stader : Hargitt 



Coll.). 



Erzeroum, 9th June. 

 Abdullah Bank, Persian Gulf, 



24th April. 



Moor Mooza, Persian Gulf, May. 

 Moor Mooza, 15th May. 

 Boobian Island, Persian Gulf, 



25th May. 

 Mynpoori, India, 26th Aug. 



(A. O. Hume). 

 Mohar near Cawnpore, 17th 



Sept. (C. T. Bingham). 

 Utchulda, Etawah, 4th Aug. 



(W. E. Brooks). 



Utchulda, 8th Aug. ( W. E. .). 

 Etawah, 18th Aug. 



Old Collection. 

 H. F. Walter, Esq. [P.]. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Zool. Society. 



W. D. Gumming, Esq. [P.]. 



W. D. Cumming, Esq. [P.]. 

 W. D. Cumming, Esq. [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Genus AJAJA, Reichenb. 

 Ajaja ajaja (Linn.}. 



Platalea ajaga, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixviii. fig. 7 (1845-54). 

 Platalea ajaja, Cory, Birds Bahamas, p. 164 (1880) ; Gibson, Ibis, 1880, 



p. 156. 

 Ajaja rosea, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridqiv. Water Birds N. Am. i. p. 102 



(1884) ; Scl. $ Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 114 (1889). 

 Aiaia ajaja, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 52 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. i. 



p. 189 (1899). 



The egg of the Roseate Spoonbill in the Collection is of a regular 

 oval shape, rather rough and gloss-less. It is dull white, streaked 

 and blotched, equally over the entire shell, with pale chestnut- 

 brown. There are also numerous dark specks scattered over the 

 egg. It measures 2-47 by 1*72. 



1. North America (Jfenshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



