112 



4. Sind, June (E. A. Butler}. Crowley Bequest. 

 14. Etawah, N.W. Prov., India, 16th Hume Coll. 



Aug. (A. O. Hume). 



25. Etawah, 25th Aug. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 26th Aug. (A. O. B.}. Hume Coll. 



1. Loyah Bridge, Etawah, 14th July Seebohm Coll. 



( W. E. Brooks). 



1 . Loyah Bridge, 16th Aug. ( W. E.B.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Loyah Bridge, 23rd Aug. ( W.E.B.). Seebohm Coll. 



1 . Loyah Bridge, 9th Sept. ( W. E. B.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Cawnpore, 17th Sept. Hume Coll. 

 4. Jhansi, 29th Aug. (F. E. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 

 7. Saugor, C. Prov., 29th April Hume Coll. 



(F. R. B.}. 



2. Saugor, 25th May (F. JR. B.). Hume Coll. 

 4. Saugor, 24th June (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



3. Saugor, 7th July (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 

 13. Myitkyo, Pegu, 7th July (E. W. Gates Coll. 



Oates}. 



11. Myitkyo, 1st Aug. (E. W. 0.). Oates Coll. 



Genus ARDEA, Linn. 

 Ardea goliath, Cretzschm. 



Ardea goliath, Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 220 ; Layard, Ibis, 1869, p. 376 ; 

 Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 707 (1875-84) ; Butler y 

 Stray Feathers, x. p. 149 (1881) ; Butler, Feilden $ Reid, Zool. 1882, 

 p. 343 : Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 66 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. L 

 p. 194 (1899) ; NehrTc. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 230 (1899). 



The eggs of the Goliath Heron in the Collection are chiefly of a 

 lengthened elliptical shape, and measure from 2*75 to 3'3 in length,, 

 and from 1-95 to 2-02 in breadth. 



2. Junction of Ingagane and Buffalo 



Rivers, Transvaal, 17th Oct. 



(E. A. Butler & Savile Reid). 

 4. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, 



Amsterdam). 

 1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, 



Amsterdam), 7th June. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Ardea sumatrana, Raffl. 



Ardea sumatrana, Gould, Handb. Birds Auitr. ii. p. 296 (1865) ; Hume, 

 Stray Feathers, ix. p. 235 (1881 ) ; North, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds,. 

 p. 317 (1887) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 68 (1898) ; id. 

 Hand-l. \. p. 194 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 230 (1899). 



Leptoptilus javanicus (nee Horsf.), Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 272. 



The eggs taken by Sir H. Low in Labuan and attributed to 

 Leptoptilus javanicus are, as surmised by Mr. Hume, those of the 

 present species, the Ashy-grey Heron. They are bluntly biconical. 

 Four examples measure respectively : 2-67 by 1-9 ; 2'7 by 1-9 ;. 

 2-77 by 1-9 ; 2-9 by 1-8. 



2. Port Essington, N. Australia, Nov. 

 2. Labuan, Borneo. 



Gould Coll. 



Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



