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2. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 

 6. Ondonga, Ovampa-Laiid, Feb. ( C. J. Crowley Bequest. 



Andersson). 



3. Gurgaon District, Punjab. Hume Coll. 

 1. Muttra, 27th Sept. Hume Coll. 



1. Mirzapur, 24th Aug. ( W. E. Brooks : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.}. 



1. Mirzapur, 12th Sept. (W. E. B. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



7. Etawah, 15th July. Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 14th Aug. Hume Coll. 



Genus RHODONESSA, Eeichenb. 



Rhodonessa caryophyllacea (Lath.}. 



(Plate VI. fig. 1.) 



Anas caryophyllacea, Simson, Ibis, 1884, p. 271. 



Rhodonessa caryophyllacea, Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds Ind. iii. pp. 173, 

 435 (1880) ; Gates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eugs Ind. B. iii. p. 290 (1890) : 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 61 (1895) ; Blanf. Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, iv. p. 425 (1898) ; Oates, Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 284 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 209 (1899). 



In shape the eggs of the Pink-headed Duck are almost spherical. 

 They are very smooth, slightly glossy, and cream-coloured. They 

 measure from 1*71 to 1-82 in length, and from 1'61 to 1*7 in 

 "breadth. 



4. Purneah, Bengal, 3rd July Hume Coll. 



(F. A. Shillingford}. 

 1. Purneah (F. A. S.). Hume Coll. 



Genus NETTOPUS, Brandt. 



Nettopus auritus (Bodd.}. 



Nettopus auritus, Roch $ Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 174 ; Newton, Ibis, 1863, 



p. 65 (1895) 

 Sharpe, Hand-l i. p. 209 (1899); Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 242 



The egg of the African Dwarf Goose in the Collection is 

 elliptical in shape, smooth, fairly glossy, an,d cream-coloured. It 

 measures 1*7 by 1-22. 



1. Madagascar (E. Newton : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.}. 



Nettopus pulchellus, Gould. 



Nettapus pulchellus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 357 (1865) 

 North, Nests % Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 337 (1889). 



