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The eggs of the Chilian Goose in the Collection are cream-coloured 

 and of an elongated oval form. They measure from 2-8 to 2'9 in 

 length, and from 1*9 to 2-02 in breadth. 



1. Chile. Old Collection. 



3. Chile. Crowley Bequest. 



Chloephaga rubidiceps, Scl. 



Chloephaga rubidiceps, Abbott, Ibis, 1801, p. 158 ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxvii. p. 130 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 214 (1899) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 243 (1899). 



Bernicla rubidiceps, Scl. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 503. 



The eggs of the Ruddy-headed Goose are usually of a pointed 

 oval form, occasionally elliptical. They are of a brownish cream- 

 colour, and measure from 2*6 to 2-83 in length, and 19 in breadth. 



4. Falkland Islands (C. C. Abbott}. Gould Coll. 



2. Falkland Islands (C. C. A.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 2. Falkland Islands (C. C. A.: Trig- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



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

 London). 



Chloephaga poliocephala, Scl. 



Bernicla poliocephala, Dumford, Ibis, 1878, p. 400; Scl. P. Z. S. 1880, 

 p. 503 : id. $ Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 124 (1889). 



Chloephaga poliocephala, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 137 

 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 214 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 243 (1899). 



The eggs of the Ashy -headed Goose in the Collection vary in. 

 shape, some being oval and others almost perfectly elliptical. They 

 are of a brownish cream-colour, and measure respectively : 2-7 by 

 1-9 ; 2-8 by 1'88 ; 2-8 by 1-85 ; 2-82 by 1-93 ; 2-65 by 1-85 ; 275- 

 by 1-9. 



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



London). 



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



London). 



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



London : Tristram Coll.}. 



2. [S. America.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CHENONETTA, Brandt. 



Chenonetta jubata (Lath.). 



Chlamydochen jubata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 354 (1865) ;. 



North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 336 (1889). 

 Chenonetta jubata, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 140 (1895) ;. 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 214 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 



Birds, ii. p. 1023 (1901). 



