106 CICONIIDJE. 



3. Hansi, Punjab, 21st June ( W. Hume Coll. 

 Blewiti). 



3. Hansi, 24th June ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Hansi, 5th July ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Hansi, 8th July ( W. B.}. Hume Coll. 



4. Hansi, 10th July ( W. B.}. Hume Coll. 

 3. Hansi, 15th July (W. B.}. Hume Coll. 



2. Hansi, 16th July ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Aligarh, Aug. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, Aug. Hume Coll. 

 1. Etawah, 20th July. Hume Coll. 

 1. Etawah, 26th July. Hume Coll. 

 1. Etawah, 22nd July ( W. E. Brooks). Hume Coll. 

 1. Burtna, 9th Aug."(fF. E. B.}. Hume Coll. 



Genus EUXENURA, Eidcjw. 

 Euxenura maguari (Gm.). 



Ciconia- maguari, Gibson, Ibis, 1880, p. 153. 



Euxenura maguari, Scl. fy Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 106 (1889) ; Holland? 



Ms, 1892, p. 205 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 297 (1898) ; 



id. Hand-l. i. p. 190 (1899). 



The eggs of the Maguari Stork in the Collection are all of an 

 elliptical shape and vary much in size. Four specimens have a. 

 slight amount of gloss, and one is quite without gloss. They are dull 

 white, and measure respectively : 2-85 by 2-03 ; 2*9 by 2-1 ; 2-8 by 

 1-85 ; 3-15 by 2 ; 2'75 by 1-8. 



5. . Argentine Eepublic, Sept. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus CICONIA, Briss. 



Ciconia ciconia (Linn.). 



Ciconia alba, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixx. fig. 5, a, b (1845-54) ; 

 Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 36. fig. 1 (1855-63) ; Hewitson, Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 317, pi. Ixxxiv. fig. i (1856) ; Saunders, Ibis, 

 1871, p. 392 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 297 (1873) ; Seebohm, Brit. 

 Birds, ii. p. 525, pi. 37 (1884); Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 112; Irby r 

 Orn. Str. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 207 (1895) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 67, pi. 18. fig. 4 (1896). 



Ciconia ciconia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 299 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. 

 i. p. 190 (1899). 



The eggs of the White Stork are elliptical in shape, coarse in 

 texture, pitted with small pores, slightly glossy, and plain white in 

 colour. The inside of the shell is yellowish white. They measure 

 from 2-6 to 3 in length, and from 1-95 to 2'15 in breadth. 



1. Europe. Gould Coll. 



2. Holland. Lord Lilford [P.]. 



2. Altkerk, Holland, 24th May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(J. Baker}. 



