DENDROCYCNA. ALOPCHJHKN. 159 



Peiru, 6th July (E. W. ().). Gates Coll. 



5. Pegu, 29th Aug. (i\ W. O.). Oates Coll. 



1. Kaukarit, Tenasserim (C. T. Hume Coll. 

 Binaham). 



Dendrocycna autumnalis (Linn.). 



Dendrocycua autumnalis, Baird, Brewer $ Ridgw. Water Birch N. Am.. 



i. p.' 481 (1884) ; 8alvadari, Cat. Birch B. M. xxvii. p. 159 (1895). 

 Deiidrocyprna autumnalis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 215 (1899). 



The egg of the Black-bellied Tree-Duck in the Collection is of an 

 elliptical shape, slightly glossy, and of a pale yellowish-white colour.. 

 It measures 2-13 by 1-64. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Dendrocycna eytoni (Gould). 



Deiidrocyirua eytoni, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 375 (1865); Buller, 

 Birds New Zeal 2nd ed. ii. p. 268 (1888) ; North, Nests $ E(/t/s 

 Avtfr. Birds, p. 340 (1889) ; Sliarpe, Hand-l. i. p. 215 (1899). 



Dendrocycna eytoni, Salvation, Cat. Birch B. M. xxvii. p. 165 (1895) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Ewrmmml p. 243 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eat/* 

 Av*tr. Birds, ii. p. 1027 (1901). 



The egg of Eyton's Tree-Duck in the Collection is rather pointed 

 at both ends, without gloss, and of a creamy- white colour. It 

 measures 1/9 by 1'42. 



1. S. Australia ( White). Gould Coll. 



Genus ALOPOCHEN, Stgn. 



Alopochen aegyptiacus (Linn.). 



Anser jeiryptiacus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. qes. Voy. tab. Lxxv. fig. 1 (1845-54) ; 



SeeboMn, EyyxofBrit. Birds, p. 36, pi. 12. fig. 1 (1896). 

 Chenalopex segyptiaca, Baedeker, EierEur. Vog. tab. 81. fig. 4 (1855-63) ; 



Shurpe, ed. Lai/ard's Birch S. Africa, p. 747 (1875-84) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 



1880, p. 498. 

 Chenalopex aegyptiacus, Salvation, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 167 (1895) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 243 (1899). 

 Alopochen cegyptiacus, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 215 (1899). 



The eggs of the Egyptian Goose are of a narrow, pointed oval 

 form, fairly glossy and of a pale cream-colour. Specimens measure 

 from 2-8 to 2-97 in length, and from 1-85 to 1-95 in breadth *. 



1. Laid in confinement. Gould Coll. 



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

 London). 



* The Collection contains six eggs of A. (sgyptiacus X Casarca rutila, laid 

 in confinement in the Zoological Gardens of London. They are elliptical in 

 shape, very glossy, and of an ivory-white colour. They measure 2'3 by 1'7">. 



