AYTHVA. 181 



those of A.ferina. Six examples measure respectively: 2'32 by 

 1-65; 21 by 1-66; 2-15 by 1-07; 2-16 by 1-68; 2-22 by 1-62"; 

 2-3 by 1-68. 



1. North America (Smiths. lust.). Sal vin-G oilman Coll. 



1. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Washoe Lake, i\ T evada (Henshaw Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Coll.}. 



1. Hudson's .Bay. Crowley Bequest. 



Aythya nyroca (Guld.). 



Anas nyroca, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Voy. tab. Ixxx. fig. 3 (1845-54). 

 Fuligula nyroca, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Voy. tab. 23. fig. 2 (1866-63) ; 



Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 397 ; Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds Ind. iii. 



p. 263 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests # Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 292 



(1890) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 571, pi. 64 (1885) ; id. Eggs of 



Brit. Birds, p. 44, pi. 14. fig. 4 (1896). 

 Fuligula leucophthalmos, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 425, 



pi. cxvii. fig. i (1856). 

 Nyroca leucophthalina, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 364 ; Tristram, Ibis, 1860, 



p. 81. 

 Nyroca ferruginea, Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 581 (1872) ; Wilson, Journ. 



Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xii. p. 641 (1899). 



Nyroca africana, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 345 (1895). 

 Nyroca uyroca, Oates, Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 318 (1899). 

 Aythya nyroca, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 223 (1899). 



The eggs of the Ferruginous, or White-eyed, Duck are of an 

 elliptical or oval shape, and fairly glossy : they vary from cream- 

 colour to pale buff, frequently with a tinge 6f green. They measure 

 from 1-92 to 2-21 in length, and from 1*41 to 1-54 in breadth. 



2. San Lucar, S. Spain (H. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



8. South Russia, 2nd June. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Zana, Algeria, 6th June (//. B. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tristram). 



]. Zana, 9th June (II. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



L Zana, 6th June (O. Salvin}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Ain Djendeli, Algeria, 24th June Salvin-Godman Cull. 



(O..f). 



3. Ain Djendeli, 22nd June ( W. H. Crowley Bequest. 



Simjison'). 



4. Chemora, Algeria, 24th June (O. AS'.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Kashmir, 8th June ( W. E. Brooks). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Kashmir, 9th June ( W. E. B.). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Kashmir, 9th June (W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



6. Srinagar, Kashmir, 9th June ( W. Hume Coll. 

 E. B.). 



Aythya erythrophthalma ( Wied). 



Aythia capensis, Anderss. Birds Damara-Land, p. 342 (1872); Sharpe, 

 ed. Lat/ard's Birds S. Africa, p. 760 (1884); Kushel, J. f. O. 1895, 

 p. 84. 



Nyroca brunnea, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 351 (1895). 



Aythya erythrophthalma, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 223 (1899). 



