174" ANATID.E. 



Genus DAFILULA, Coues. 

 Dafilula eatoni (Sharpe). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 1.) 



Querquedula eatoni, Sharpe, Phil. Trans. 168. p. 105 (1879) ; Sol Zool 

 ' Challenger ' Exped. ii. pt. viii. pp. 113, 150 (1880). 



Dafila eatoni, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 278 (1895) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml, p. 245 (1899) ; Hall, Ibis, 1900, p. 4. 



Dafilula eatoni, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 220 (1899). 



The eggs of Eaton's Duck are not separable from those of Dafila, 

 acuta. They measure from 1/89 to 2*15 in length, and from 1*8 to 

 1'43 in breadth. 



5. Kerguelen Island, 7th Dec. Royal Society [P.]. 



(A. E. Eaton}. 

 12. Kerguelen Island, 8th Dec. Royal Society [P.], 



(A. E. E.}. 

 7. Kerguelen Island. Voy. II.M.S. * Challenger.' 



Genus PCECILONETTA, Eyton. 



Poecilonetta bahamensis (Linn.}. 



Poecilonetta bakameusis, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 78. fig. 4 (1855- 

 03); Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 282 (1895); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l i. p. 220 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 245 (1899) ; 

 von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 280 (1900). 



Dafila baharaensis, Durnford, Ibis, 1877, p. 192 ; Scl P. Z. S. 1880, 

 p. 516 ; id. $ Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 135 (1889) ; Holland, Ibis, 

 1892, p. 207 ; 1896, p. 318. 



The eggs of the Bahama Duck are either oval or elliptical in 

 shape and possess little or no gloss. They are cream-colour or pale 

 reddish cream-colour, and measure from 2-05 to 2-3 in length, and 

 from 1-4 to 1 '5 in breadth. 



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



London). 



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



London). 



2. Argentine Republic, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



1. Chile. Crowley Bequest. 



Poecilonetta erythrorhyncha ((7m.). 



Poecilonetta erythrorhyncha, Andersson, Birds Damara-Land, p. 339 

 (1872) ; Sharpe, ed. Laijard's Birds S. Africa, p. 754 (1884) ; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 285 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 i. p. 220 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 245 (1899). 



The eggs of the Red-billed Teal are of an oval shape, often glossy, 

 and cream-colour. Five specimens measure respectively : 2 by 1-5 ; 

 2 by 1-4 ; 2 by 1-42 ; 1-95 by 1-48 ; 1-9 by 1-48. 



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



