144 ANATID^S. 



Nettopus pulchellus, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 67 (1895) ;: 

 Sharps, Hand-l. i. p. 201) (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Au*tr. 

 Birds, ii. p. 1019 (1901). 



The sole egg of the Green Dwarf Goose in the Collection is a 

 perfect ellipse in shape, smooth, slightly glossy, and appears to have 

 been cream-coloured. It measures 1*7 by 1'32. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



Nettopus coromandelianus (Gm.}. 



Nettapus coromandelianus, Legqe, Birds Ceylon, p. 1066 (1880); Gates 



ed. Hum, Nests $ Eggs Ind. B iii. p. 280 (1889). 

 Nettopus coromandelianus, Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds Ind. iii. p. 101 



(1880) ; Salvador!, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 68 (1895) ; Blanf. 



Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 433 (1898) ; Oates, Game Birds Ind. 



ii. p. 127 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 209 (1899). 



The eggs of the Indian Dwarf Goose, or " Cotton-Teal," are gene- 

 rally truly elliptical in form, occasionally compressed at the smaller 

 end, very smooth and glossy, and cream-colour. They measure from 

 1'54 to 1'75 in length, and from 1/17 to l - 38 in breadth. 



2. Allahabad, India. Hume Coll. 



9. Bankeh, near Allahabad, 7th Aug. Hume Coll. 



H. Allygurh, July. Hume Coll. 



6. Etawah, 16th Aug. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, Aug. ( W. E. Brooks: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.}. 



1 J . Kaipur, C. Prov. Hume Coll. 



3. Kaipur, 15th Aug. Hume Coll. 

 o. Raipur, 15th Sept. Hume Coll. 



Raipur, 20th Aug. Hume Coll. 



Pegu, 15th Sept. (E. W. Oates}. Oates Coll. 



Thatone, Teuasserim, Aug. Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison). 



3. Siquijor, Philippines. Steere Exped. 



Nettopus albipennis, Gould. 



Nettapus albipennis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 359 (1865) ; 



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

 Nettopus albipennis, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 72 (1895) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 209 ( 1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 



Birds, ii. p. 1020 (1901). 



The egg of the White-quilled Dwarf Goose in the Collection is of 

 an elliptical form, smooth, slightly glossy, and appears to have been 

 cream-coloured. It measures 1*86 by 1*4. 



1. Australia. Salvin-Godman Cell. 



Genus LAMPRONESSA, Wagler. 



Lampronessa sponsa (Linn.}. 

 Anas sponsa, Thien. Forfytflanz. ges. Vo'g. tab. Ixxx. fig. 8 (1845-54). 



