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The eggs of the Wigeon are for the most part of an oval shape, 

 but some are biconical, and others elliptical. They are cream- 

 coloured, sometimes faintly tinged with green, and possess a fair 

 amount of gloss. They measure from 1-9 to 2-35 in length, and 

 from 1*3 to 1'55 in breadth. 



8. Iceland (Nielsoii). 



2. Caithness. 



8, Glen Luine, Ross-shire, 19th May 



(Hargitt Coll.}. 

 8. Loch Cluny, Ross-shire, 20th May 



(Hargitt Coll.}. 

 6. Kustendji, Dobrudscha, 2nd June 



(H. Seebohm $ J. Young). 

 2. Muonialuska, Finmark, 12th June. 



1. Konjasjarvi, Lapland, June (J. 



Wolley). 



2. Jerisjervi, Lapland, 5th July (J. W.}. 

 5. Petchora R. (H. Seebohm J. A. 



Harvie- Brown) . 

 10. Petchora R., Lat. 66 N., 9th June 



(H. S. # J. A. H.-B.). 

 8. Petchora R., Lat.66N., 12th June 



(H. S. $ J. A. H.-B.}. 

 8. Petchora R., 19th June (H. S. fy 



J. A. H.-B.}. 

 2. Petchora R., 22nd June (H. S. $ 



J. A. H.-B.}. 

 5. Petchora R., Lat. 67^ N., 23rd 



June (H. S. 8f J. A. H.-B.}. 

 5. Yenesei -Valley, Lat. 66| N., 



20th June (H. Seebohm). 

 8. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 66^ N., 



20th June (H. S.). 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Mareca americana (Gm.), 



Mareca americana, Ross, Canad. Nat. vii. p. 152 (1862) ; id. Nat. Hist. Rev. 



1862, p. 287 ; Baird, Brewer Sf Ridgiv. Water Birds N. Am. i. 



p. 520 (1884) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 233 (1895) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. (Suppl.} p. 289 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 



p. 218 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 244 (1899). 

 Anas americana, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 543, pi. 63 (1885) ; Mac- 



Farlane, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 420 (1891) ; Seebohm, Eggs of 



Brit. Birds, p. 39 (1896). 



The eggs of the American Wigeon resemble those of M. penelope. 

 They measure from 2*08 to 2-23 in length, and from -1-43 to 1-55 

 in breadth. 



1. Mouth of Porcupine River, Alaska, 

 19th June (J. Lockhart : Smiths. 

 Inst.). 



1. Mackenzie River District, June. 



5. Anderson River Fort, June (R. 

 MacFarlane). 



Crowley Bequest. 



B. R. Ross, Esq. [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



