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1. Hesselo Island, Cattegat, May Seebohm Coll. 



(Benzon}. 

 6. Rugen Island, N. Germany. Crowley Bequest. 



Tadorna radjah (Gam.}. 



Tadorna radjah, Gould, Handb. JBirds Austr. ii. p. 360 (1865) ; North, 

 Nests # Eggs Austr. Birch, p. 338 (1889) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxvii. p. 175 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 215 (1899); Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 244 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 ii. p. 1029 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-headed Sheld-Duck are of a very blunt oval 

 shape, closely approaching the elliptical. They are slightly glossy 

 and of a cream-colour. Five examples measure respectively : 2-17 

 by 1-65 ; 2-25 by 1-65 ; 2-36 by 1-6 ; 2-2 by 1-64; 2-3 by 1'72. 



1. North Australia. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Moreton Bay (J. Gould: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.}. 

 2. Moreton Bay, Australia. Gould Coll. 



Genus CASARCA, Bp. 



Casarca casarca (Linn.}. 



Anas rutila, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixxx. fig. 12 (1845-54). 

 Casarca rutila, Baedeker, Eier JEur. Vog. tab. 56. %. 1 (1855-63) ; Salvin, 



Ibis, 1859, p. 362 ; Hume # Marsh. Game Birds Ind. iii. p. 123 



(1880) ; Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 1121 (1893) ; Salvadori, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 177 (1895) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., 



Birds, iv. p. 428 (1898). 

 Tadorna rutila, Heivitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 399, pi. cxii. fig. i 



(1856) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 524, pi. 66 (1885) ; id. Eggs of 



Brit. Birds, p. 36, pi. 16. fig. 5 (1896). 

 Tadorna casarca, Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 461 (1875) ; Legge, Birds 



Ceylon, pp. 1070, 1222 (1880). 

 Casarca casarca, Sharps, Hand-l. i. p. 215 (1899). 



The eggs of the Euddy Sheld-Duck are of a somewhat narrow, 

 pointed, oval form, very smooth, slightly glossy, and of a pale cream- 

 colour. Examples measure from 2'62 to 2*8 in length, and from 

 1-73 to 1-87 in breadth. 



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



London). 



2. Lower Volga (Dr. Kutter}. Seebohm Coll. 



2. South Russia, llth May. Crowley Bequest. 



9. South Russia. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Ain Djendeli, Algeria, 12th May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. Salvin}. 



1. Ain Djendeli, 12th May (O. 8. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



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