194 ANATIDJS. 



Erismatura vittata, 



Erismatura ferruginea, apwl Durnford, Ibis, 1878, p. 401 ; Scl. $ Htids. 



Argent. Orn. ii. p. 138 (1889); Graham Kerr, Ibis, 1890, p. 369; 



James, New List Chilian Birds, p. 10 (1892). 

 Erismatura vittata, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 450(1895); 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 227 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 247 



(1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 281 (1900). 



The eggs of the Busty Lake-Duck are coarsely granulated and of 

 a yellowish or creamy-white colour. Those in the Collection are 

 soiled by incubation. They measure from 2 - 37 to 2'88 in length, 

 and from 1*8 to 2-08 in breadth. 



1. Chile. E. C. Reed, Esq. [P.]. 



7. Chile. Berkeley James Coll. 



1. Chile. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Falkland Islands. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus BIZIURA, Steph. 



Biziura lobata (Temm.). 



Biziura lobata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 381 (1865) ; Ramsay, 

 Ibis, 1867, p. 413, pi. viii. fig. 1 ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 p. 346 (1889) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 452 (1895) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 227 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 247 

 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 1053 (1901). 



The eggs of the Musk-Duck in the Collection are somewhat equally 

 pointed at both ends. Some examples are smooth and others are 

 coarsely granulated. They are of a yellow or olive-buff colour, and 

 measure irom 2*87 to 3-5 in length, and from 1-9 to 2-21 in breadth. 



2 Australia. Donald Mackintosh, Esq. [P.I 



1. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Murray River, S. Australia (E. P. Crowley Bequest. 

 Ramsay}. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F.A.Philbrick,Esq.,K.C.[P.]. 



2. Lake King, Gippsland, Victoria, Crowley Bequest. 



19th Aug. (A. J. North). 

 2. Table Cape, Tasmania. ' Crowley Bequest. 



Sub-Family MEKGANETTINJE. 



Genus HYMENOUEMUS, Gray. 

 Hymenolaemus malacorhynchus (Gm.). 



Hymenolaimus mabcorhynchus, Potts, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. ii. p. 73 

 (1870), iii. p. 103 (1871) ; Trovers, op. cit. iv. pp. 206, 208 (1872). 



Hymenolsemus malacorhynchup, Stiller, Birds Neiv Zeal. 2nd ed. p. 276 

 (1888); Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 455 (1895); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 228 (1899). 



The eggs of the New-Zealand Blue Duck are of a narrow, pointed 



