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oval form, smooth, glossy, and of a cream-colour. Four examples 

 measure respectively: 2-51 by 1-71; 2'51 by 1-79; 2-7 by 1*7; 



2-78 by 1-78. 



3. Whio River, New Zealand, 31st Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(T. H. Potts). 

 1. Lord Howe's Island. Crowley Bequest. 



Sub-Family MERGING. 



Genus MERGUS, Linn. 



Mergus albellus (Linn.}. 



Mergus albellus, Thien Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixxxi. fig. 6 (1845-54) ; 

 Wolley, Ibis, 1859, p. 69 ; Dresser, Birds Ear. vi. p. 699 (1874) ; 

 Seebohm # Har vie- Brown, Ibis, 1876, p. 448 ; Seelohm, Brit. Birds, 

 iii. p. 636, pi. 67 (1885) ; id. Eygs of Brit. Birds, p. 58, pi. 15. fig. 4 

 (1896) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 464 (1895) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l i. p. 228 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 247 (1899). 



Mergellus albellus, Hume Sf Marshall, Game Birds Ind. iii. p. 293 (1880). 



The eggs of the Smew are of an elliptical or blunt oval form, 

 smooth, glossy, and of a pale cream-colour. They measure from 

 1-91 to 2-05 in length, and from 1-4 to 1-46 in breadth. 



6. Lapland, 20th June. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Lapland, 8th June (/. Wolley). Cro \vley Bequest. 



2. Lapland, 20th June. Crowley Bequest. 

 9. Kola Peninsula, North Russia Crowley Bequest. 



(Lieut. E. H. Sandeberg). 



3. R. Petchora, Lat, 66 N., 6th June Seebohm Coll. 



(H. Seebohm fyJ. A. Harvie-Brown). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Ural Mountains (Sabanaeff). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus LOPHODYTES, Rtichenb. 



Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.). 



Mergus cucullatus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Voy. tab. Ixxxi. fig. 7 (1845- 

 54); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 633, pi. 67 (1885); id. Eggs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 57, pi. 16. fig. 1 (1896) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. 

 (Suppl.) p. 295 (1896). 



Lophodytes cucullatus, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. ii. 

 p. 121 (1884); Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 468 (1895); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 228 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 247 

 (1899). 



The eggs of the Hooded Merganser are somewhat spherical in 

 shape, very smooth, rather glossy, and of a creamy-white or pale 

 cream-colour. They measure from 2 to 2-28 in length, and from 

 1-65 to 1-8 in breadth. 



1 . North America, 18th May (Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 

 Coll.). 



3. Labrador, 29th Mav. Crowley Bequest. 



