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1. Brunswick, 10th May. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Dorpat, Baltic Provs. (Russow). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Zempelburg, West Prussia, 20th Seebohm Coll. 



April (Hargitt Coll.). 



2. Seville, Spain (A. Ruiz). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Near Coria, Spain, 19th April Seebohm Coll. 



(H. Saunders). 



1. Gibraltar, April (L. H. Irby). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Kaisariyeh, Asia Minor, 3rd May Seebohm Coll. 



(C. G.Danford). 



3. Fao, Persian Gulf. W. D. dimming, Esq. [P.], 



Ciconia nigra (Linn.). 



Ciconia nigra, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixx. fig. 6, a, b (1845-54) ; 



Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 319, pi. Ixxxiv. fig. ii (1856) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 309 (1873) : Ehves, Ibis, 1880, p. 388 ;. 



Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 529, pi. 37 (1884) ; id. Eggs of Brit. 



Birds, p. 68, pi. 18. fig. 1 (1896) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 



p. 303 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 190 (1899). 

 Melanopelargus niger, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 36. fig. 2 (1855-63). 



The eggs of the Black Stork are very similar to those of the 

 White Stork, but they are on the whole smaller and the inside of 

 the shell is green. They are also shorter in relation to their 

 breadth, n/any specimens being spheroidal. They measure from 

 2-4 to 2-8 in length, and from 1-8 to 2 in breadth. 



1. Europe. Purchased. 



4. Denmark (Benzori). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 1. Jutland, 24th April (Benzon). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Jutland, 10th May (H. J. Elwes). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Pomerania ( T. Kriiper). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Pomerania, 18th April (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Pomerania, 2nd May ( T. Holland). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Brunswick, 19th May (Nehrkorn fy Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm). 



Genus ANASTOMUS, Bonn. 

 Anastomus oscitans (Bodd.). 



Anastomus oscitans, Jerd. Birds 2nd. iii. p. 765 (1864) ; Legge, Birds 

 Ceylon, p. 1103 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. B. iii. 

 p. 224 (1890) ; Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vi. p. 151 

 (1891) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 306 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. 

 i. p. 191 (1899). 



The eggs of the Open-bill, or Shell-Ibis, are generally of an 

 elliptical shape, but blunt oval forms occur. They are dull white,, 

 fairly smooth, and have no gloss. They become discoloured soon 

 after incubation commences. They measure from 2 to 2'55 in 

 length, and from 1-45 to 1-85 in breadth. 



4. Etawah, India, 15th July (A. O. Hume Coll. 



Hume). 



5. Etawah, 26th Aug. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



