158 AXATIPJtf. 



Dendrocycna arcuata (Horsf.). 



Anas arcuata, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Vb'g. tab. Ixxxi. tig. 4 (1845-54). 

 Dendrocygna gouldi, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 374 (3865). 

 Dendrocygna vagans, North, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 339 (1889). 

 Dendrocycna arcuata, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 153 (1895) ; 



Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 1025 (1901). 

 Dendrocygna arcuata, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 214 (1899). 



The eggs of the Wandering Tree-Duck in the Collection are almost 

 elliptical in shape, one end being very slightly compressed. They 

 are cream-coloured, and have a fair amount of gloss. Four speci- 

 mens measure respectively : 2'05 by 1*52; 1-9 by 1/4: 1*87 by 1-5; 

 1-9 by 1-43. 



2. Philippine Islands, May (Moseley}. Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Australia, 4th March. Gould Coll. 



Dendrocycna javanica (Horsf.}. 

 (Plato VI. fig. 2.) 



Dendrocygna javanica, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 1069 (1880) ; Hume fy 

 Marsh. Game Birds 2nd. iii. p. 109 (1880) ; Gates ed. Hume, Nests 

 $ Eggs Lid. B. iii. p. 284 (1890) ; Sliarpe, Hand-l. i. p. 214 (1899). 



Dendrocycna javauica, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 156 (1895); 

 Blanf. Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, iv. p. 430 (1898) ; Oates, Game 

 Birds 2nd. ii. p. 112 (1899). 



The eggs of the Small Whistling Tree-Duck are usually elliptical 

 in form, but some are slightly compressed at one end. They have 

 ti slight gloss and are cream-coloured, becoming a rather deep yellow 

 with incubation. They measure from T72 to 2 in length, and from 

 1-4 to !() in breadth. 



1. India. (Theobald). Sal vin-Godman Coll. 



1. India. Old Collection. 



1. Nepal. Old Collection. 



11. Eastern Narra, Sind (S.Doig). Hume Coll. 



1. Mirzapur, 24th July (W. E. Crowley Bequest. 

 Brooks : Tristram Coll.}. 



4. Allahabad, 16th Aug. Hume Coll. 



5. Etawah, loth July. Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 22nd July (W. E. Seebohm Coll. 



Brooks). 



1. Etawah, Aug. Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 26th Aug. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 28th Aug. Hume Coll. 

 b. Jhansi, 5th Sept. (F. R. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



10. Jhansi, Sept. (F. 21. B.). Hume Coll. 



14. Kaipur, C. Prov. Hume Coll. 



2. Monghyr, Bengal. Prof. Oldham [P.]. 



7. Dibrug-arh, Assam, 29th May Hume Coll. 

 (J. Je. Cripps). 



1. Pegu, 6th July (E. W. Oates). Seebohm Coll. 



