ANAS. 165 



2. Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, llth Oowley Bequest. 

 Aug. (A. J. North). 



1 . Otago, New Zealand (E. P. Seymour) . Crowley Bequest. 



2. Samoa, Sept. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 

 4. Fiji Islands (E. L. Layard: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



Anas undulata, Dubois. 

 (Plate VI. fig. 5.) 



Anas xanthorhyncha, Sharpe, ed. Layard' 8 Birds S. Africa, p. 755 (1875- 



84) ; Sol. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 518. 

 Anas undulata, Salvadori, Cat. -Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 212 (1895) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-L i. p. 216 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 244 (1899). 



The eggs of the Yellow-billed Duck are elliptical in shape, slightly 

 glossy, and pale brown in colour. They measure from 2'2 to 2*5 in 

 length, and from 1-61 to 1*71 in breadth. 



2. South Africa (E. L. Layard). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Cape of Good Hope (E. L. L. : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll). 



1. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Zool. Society. 



London. 



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

 London). 



Anas cristata, Gm. 

 (Plate VI. fig. 4.) 



Anas cristata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 96 ; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 160 ; 

 Scl. Zool. * Challenger ' Exped. ii. pt. viii. p. 150 (1880) ; James, New 

 List Chilian Birds, p. 9 (1892) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. 

 p. 216 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 217 (1899). 



The eggs of the Antarctic Grey Duck are almost invariably of a 

 regular oval form and but rarely elliptical. They are slightly glossy 

 and cream-coloured. They measure from 2-3 to 2-75 in length, and 

 from 1-55 to 1-9 in breadth. 



1. Bolivian Andes, 28th Jan. Crowley Bequest. 



7. Chile, Jan. Berkeley James Coll. 



7. Prov. of Tarapaca, Chile (Rahmer). Berkeley James Coll. 



1. West Coast 01 Patagonia. Dr. Coppinger [P.]. 

 6. Falkland Islands (C. C. Abbott). Gould Coll. 



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



4. Falkland Islands*. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



2. Falkland Islands. Purchased. 



1. East Falklands, Dec. Lieut. A. Smith [P.]. 



* Two of these were attributed to Querquedula flavirostris (Zool. ' Challenger ' 

 Exped. ii. pt. viii. p. 150) by the naturalists of the Expedition, but obviously by 

 an oversight. 



