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7. Santa Olaya, Seville, 30th May Seebohm Coll. 

 (L. H. Irdy). 



1. Zana, Algeria, 9th Jane (H. B. Seebolim Coll. 



Tristram}. 



2. Lenkoran, Caspian Sea (Nehrkorn Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



1. Lenkoran. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Lenkoran (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Sub-Family PULIGULIN^J. 

 Genus NETTA, Kaup. 



Netta rufina (Pall.}. 



Anas rufina, Thienj Fortpjlanz. (IKS. Vog. tab. Ixxix. fig. 3 (1845-54). 

 Branta rufina, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Voy. tab. 23. fig-. 4 (1855-63); Saloin, 



Ibis, 1859, p. 303. 



Callichen rufiaa, Tristram, Ibis, 1860, p. 81. 

 Fuligula rufina, Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 397; Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. 



p. 559 (1873) ; Hume fy Marsh. Game Bird* Ind. iii. p. 253 (1880) ; 



Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 567, pi. 64 (1885) ; id. Eggs of Brit. 



Birds, p. 43, pi. 14. tig. 6 (1896). ' 

 Netta rufina, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 328 (1895) ; Sharve, 



Hand-l. i. p. 222 (1899). 



The eggs of the Red-crested Pochard are of an elliptical or 

 narrow oval shape, slightly glossy, and of a greyish-green or pea- 

 green colour. They measure from 2-24 to 2-4 in length, and trom 

 1-58 to 1-72 in breadth. 



2. Albufera de Valencia, Spain, Seebohm Coll. 



3rd April (H. Saunders). 



2. Danube. Seebohm Coll. 



1. South Russia (Hargitt Coll.}. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Zana, Algeria, 9th J line ( 0. Sal inn] . Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 1, Zana, 9th June (H. B. Tristram}. Crowley Bequest. 



1 . Eastern Algeria, 6th June (H. B. T.}. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus METOPIANA, Bp. 



Metopiana peposaca ( F. ). 



(Plate TIL fig. 5.) 



Metopiana peposaca, Durnford, Ibis, 1878, p. 65 ; Sol. -Sf Huds. Argent. 

 Orn. ii. p. 137 (1889) ; Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 208 ; James, New 

 List of Chilian Birds, p. 10 (1892); Salvador i, Cat. Birds B. Id. 

 xxvii. p. 332 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 222 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 246 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, p. 281 

 (1900). 



The eggs of the Rosy-billed Duck vary considerably in size, 

 shape, and colour. Some are broad ovals and of a greyish cream- 

 colour, others are of a narrow oval or elliptical shape, rather glossy, 



