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2. S.W.Spain, May (L. H. Irby)*. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Kustendji, Dobrudscha, 20th April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( W. H. Simpson). 

 5. Astrakhan (Henke). Seebohm Coll. 



Anser rubrirostris, ffodgs. 



A user cinereus, Hume Sf Marsh. Game Birds 2nd. iii. p. 55 (1880) ; 



Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 279 (1890) : Tacz. Fauna 



Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 1089 (1893). 

 Anser rubrirostris, Salvador*, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 91 (1895) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 211 (1899). 



The eggs of the Indian Grey Lag Goose in the Collection measure 

 respectively : 3-5 by 2-36 ; 3-4 by 2-35. 



2. Laid in confinement, Etawah, Hume Coll. 



N.W. Prov., India, May. 



Anser albifrons (Scop.). 



Anser albifrons, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes. Vog. tab. Ixxv. fig. 6 (1845-54) ; 

 Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 63. fig. 3 (1855-63) ; Hewilson, Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 387, pi. cix. fig. iii (1856) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. 

 vi. p. 375 (1878); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 505, pi. 60 (1885); 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 92 (1895) ; Seebohm, Eggs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 32, pi. 10. fig. 4 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 211 

 (1899). 



The eggs of the White-fronted Goose measure from 2'95 to 3-37 

 in length, and from 2 to 2-18 in breadth. 



3. Greenland (E. Feneker : Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). m 

 1. Egedesminde, Greenland. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Laid in confinement (Knowsley Crowley Bequest. 



Park). 



Anser gambeli, Hartl. 



Anser albifrons, var. gambeli, Coues, Birds N.-West, p. 546 (1874); 



Baird, Brewer $ Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. i. p. 448 (1884); 



Nelson, Report Nat. Hist. Alaska, p. 83 (1887); MacFarlnne, Proc. 



U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 423 (1891). 

 Anser gambeli, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 95 (1895); Sharpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 211 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 242 (1899). 



The eggs of the American White-fronted Goose vary from 3 to 

 3-32 in length, and from 1-98 to 2-2 in breadth. 



* Colonel Irby in his ' Ornithology of the Straits of Gibraltar' (2nd ed.) 

 makes no mention of the finding of these eggs. Mr. Howard Saunders, 

 however, assures us that the Grey Lag-Goose has been known to 'nest in 

 the south-west of Spain (Man. Brit. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 398), probably on the 

 evidence of these specimens. 



