154 ANAT1DJ4, 



Branta ruficollis (Pall). 



Bernicla ruficollis, Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 403 (1876) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 



1879, p. 159 ; Popham, Ibis, 1897, p. 99. 

 Anser ruficollis, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 515, pi. 61 (1885) : id. Eygs 



of Brit. Birds, p. 35, pi. 11. fig-. 1 (1896). 

 Branta ruficollis, Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 1110 (1893); 



Salvador*, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 124 (1895); Sharpe. Hand-l 



i. p. 213 (1899). 



The eggs of the Red-breasted Goose in the Collection measure 

 respectively : 2-68 by 1-8 ; 2-68 by 1 83. 



1. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 70^ N., Seebohm Coll. 



1st July (H. Seebohm). 

 I. Yenesei Valley, 2nd July. II. L. Popharn, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus NESOCHEN, Salvad. 



Nesochen sandvicensis ( Vic/.). 



Bernicla sandvicensis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 504. 



Nesochen sandviceusis, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 126 (1895) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 213 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 243 



(1899). 



The eggs of the Sandwich Island Goose in the Collection measure 

 from 2-9 to 3-5 in length, and from 2-13 to 2-27 in breadth. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Zoological Society. 



London). 



2. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Salviu-Godman Coll. 



London). 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Crowley Bequest. 



London : Tristram CollJ). 



2. [Sandwich Islands.] Crowley Bequest. 



Sub-Family CHENONETTLNLE. 



The eggs of the Geese of this Sub-Family have little or no gloss 

 and the shell is obsoletely granulated. 



Genus CHLOEPHAGA, Eyton. 



Chloephaga melanoptera (Eytoii). 



Bernicla melanoptera, Scl. $ Huds. Argent. Orn.ii. p. 122 (1889): James, 



New List of Chilian Birds, p. 9 (1892). 

 Chloephao-a melanoptera, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 129 



(1895) ; Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 190 ; Sharpe, Hand-l i. p. 213 (1899). 



The eggs of the Andean Goose are cream-coloured. They are of 

 an elliptical form, and measure from 3'05 to 3-15 in length, and 

 from 1-95 to 2 in breadth. 



7. Chile, 27th Jan. Berkeley James Coll. 



