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Genus CHENOPSIS, Wacjler. 



Chenopsis atrata (Lath.). 



Cygnu* atratus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes. Voy. tab. Ixxvii. fig. 2 (1845-54) ; 



North j Nests $ Eijys Austr. Birds, p. 333 (1889). 

 Cygnus plutonius, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Yog. tab. 31. fig. 2 (1855-63). 

 Cnenopis atrata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 346 (1805) ; Salvador* r 



Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 41 (1895). 

 Chenopsis atrata, S/iarjx, Hand-L i. p. 208 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests S? 



Eyys Austr. Birds, ii. p. 1014 (1901). 



The eggs of the Black Swan are variable in colour, some re- 

 sembling the eggs of Cygnus cyynus and others those of C. olor. Two 

 examples are of a clear bluish-grey colour. Specimens measure 

 from 3-D7 to 4-45 in length, and from 2-5 to 2-7 in breadth. 



'-). Australia. Gould Coll. 



'2. Australia. Purchased. 



1. Australia. Old Collection. 



1. Australia. Sir D. E. Cooper [P.], 



1. Australia (Haryitt Coll.). Seebohni Coll. 



2. Australia. Donald Mackintosh, Esq. [P.]. 

 1. Swan Hirer, \Yest Australia (G. J. Crowlev Bequest. 



/,W,,cA-: Tristram Coll.}. 



1. Queensland. Gould Coll. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F.A.Philbrick,Esq.,K.C.[P.]. 



2. Murray Swamps, Victoria, 10th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(A.J. North}. 

 1. Laid in confinement (Banks of the Purchased. 



Thames, 17th March). 

 1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



London). 

 1. Laid in confinement (St. James's Crowley Bequest. 



Park, London). 



Sub-Family ANSERANATIN^]. 



Genus ANSERANAS, Less. 

 Anseranas semipalmata (Lath.). 



Anseranas melanoleuca, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 352 (1865) ; 



Xorth, Nests # Eyys Austr. Birds, p. 335 (1889). 

 Anseranas semipalmata, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 44 (1895) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 208 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 



Birds, ii. p. 1017 (1901). 



The eggs of the Semipalmated Goose are very broad ellipses, 

 smooth, glossy, pitted with small pores, and of a yellowish white. 

 Four specimens measure respectively : 2*96 by 2*2; 2-84 by 2-1 (>; 

 3-05 by 2-2 ; 3 by 2-22. 



1. Australia (A. J. Campbell). Crowley Bequest. 



1. New South Wales (Sir D. Cooper}. Gould Coll. 



2. Corinella, Victoria, 16th Oct. (A. J. Crowley Bequest. 



North}. 



