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10. Allygurh, Aug. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



~>. Jhansi, July. Hume Coll. 



">. Jhansi, 2nd Aug. (F. R. Blewift). Hume Coll. 



4. Jhansi, 4th Aug. (F. R. B.}. Hume Coll. 



>~). Moral 1 , 21st July (E. A. Butler}. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Ceylon. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



0. Ceylon (E.L. Layard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Pegu, 31st May (E. W. Gates). Gates Coll. 



2. Pegu, 28th June (E. W. O.}. Gates Coll. 

 2. Pegu, 7th Aug. (E. W. O.). Gates Coll. 



Ardeola bacchus (#/?.) 



Ardeola prasinosceles, Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 421 ; La Touche, Ibis, 1892, 



p. 488. 

 Ardeola bacchus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 211 (1898) ; id. 



Hand-L i. p. 202 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 232 (1899). 



The eggs of tbe Chinese Squacco Heron measure from 1*45 to 

 1'58 in length, and from 1/11 to 1'19 in breadth. 



8. Foochow, China, 31st May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



Ardeola speciosa (Horsf.). 



Ardeola speciosa, Blasius, J. f. O. 1884, p. 219 ; Everett, List Birds 

 Borneo, p. 189 (1889); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 212 

 (1898) ; id. Hand-l.i.y. 202 (1899) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 232 

 (1899). 



The sole egg of Horsfield's Squacco Heron in the Collection is 

 pale blue, and measures 1-51 by 1*17. 



1. S.E. Borneo, 25th April (Grabotvsky). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus BUBULCUS, Bp. 



Bubulcus lucidus (Rafin.). 



Ardea bubulcus, Thien. Fortyflanz. yes. Vog. tab. Ixix. fig. 10 (1845-54) ; 



Tristram, Ibis, 1860, p. 163 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 245 (1879) ; 



Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 492, pi. 38 (1884) ; Milne-Edwards $ 



Gratididier, Hist. Nat. Maday., Ois. ii. p. 552, pi. 305. fig. 9 (1885) ; 



Yerbury, Ibis, 1896, p. 37 ; Seebohm, Eyys of Brit. Birds, p. 63, 



pi. 17. tig. 5 (1896). 



Buplms bubulcus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 59. fig. 9 (1855-63). 

 Bubulcus lucidus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 213 (1898); id. 



Hand-L i. p. 202 (1899). 



The eggs of the Buff-backed Cattle-Egret are uniformly of a 

 very pale bluish-white colour. They measure from 1*68 to 2*06 

 in length, and from 1-3 to 1-4 in breadth. 



2. South Spain. Lord Lilford [P.]. 



10. Algeria (Loche: Hargitt Coll.}. Seebohm Coll. 



11. Lake Fetzarah, Algeria (Loche). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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