134 ARDElD.fi. 



2. Pegu, 20th July (E. W. O.). Gates Coll. 



3. Pegu, 25th July (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 

 1. Pegu, 25th July (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



1. Pegu, 26th July (E. W. O.}. Hume Coll. 

 3. Pegu, Aug. (E. W.O.). Hume Coll. 



2. Amoy, China (JR. Swinhoe). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Foochow, China, 27th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 

 5. Foochow, 28th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. fP. 

 3. Foochow, June. C. B. Rickett, Esq. i"P. 



2. Foochow, 9th June. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 

 5. Foochow, 29th June. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 



3. Foochow, 18th July. C. B. Rickett, Esq. P. 

 19. Formosa (It. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus BOTAURUS, Briss. 



Botaurus stellaris (Linn.). 



Ardea stellaris, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Vd'g. tab. Ixix. fig. 8 ( 1845-54). 

 Botaurus stellaris, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Yog. tab. 60. "fig. 5 (1855-63) y 



Heicitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 316, pi. Ixxxiii. fig. ii (1856) ;. 



Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 281 (1875) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. 



p. 503, pi. 39 (1884) ; Irby, Orn. Str. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 206 (1895) ; 



Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 64, pi. 17. fig. 10 (1896) ; Sharpe, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 253 (1898) ; id. Hand-L i. p. 204 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common Bittern are of a brownish-drab colour 

 and possess a considerable amount of gloss. They measure from 

 1'97 to 2-15 in length, and from 1-5 to 1*56 in breadth. 



4. Holland. Gould Coll. 



1. Holland. Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



1. Poland. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Volga. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Volga, May. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Rabat, Morocco (L. H. Irby}. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Algeria. Crowley Bequest. 



Botaurus pceciloptilus ( Wagler). 



Botaurus poeciloptilus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 313 (1865) ; 



Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 59 (1883) ; Buller, Birds 



Neiv Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 141 (1888) ; North, Nests fy Eggs Austr. 



Birds, p. 320, pi. xviii. fig. 3 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 



p. 258 (1898) ; id. Hand-L i. p. 204 (1899). 

 Botaurus poicilopterus, Potts, Trans. N. Z. Inst. ii. p. 69 (1869). 



The eggs of the Australian Bittern resemble those of B. stellaris. 

 Three specimens measure respectively : 2'05 by 1'47 ; 2-1 by 1-47; 

 1'98 by 1*5. Two other specimens are very small and measure 

 respectively : 1'78 by 1-3 ; 1-8 by 1-36. 



1. Swan River, W. Australia, Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(G.J.Bostock: Tristram Coll.). 



2. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



2. Dunedin, New Zealand (E. A. Crowley Bequest. 

 Seymour). 



