208 PLOTID^. SULIDJE. 



15. Eastern Narra, Sind (S. Doig). Hume Coll. 



11. Sultanpur, 22nd July. Hume Coll. 



2. Sultanpur, 22nd July. Hume Coll. 



1. Rahun, Eta wan, 6th Aug. Hume Coll. 



2. Aligurh, Aug. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 9th Aug. Hume Coll. 

 1. Etawah, 27th Aug. Hume Coll. 



3. Etawah, 28th Aug. Hume Coll. 



1. Trincomali, Ceylon, 30th Jan. Crowley Bequest. 



( W. V. Legge). 

 25. Myitkyo, Pegu, 22nd Aug. (E. W. Gates Coll. 



Oates). 



3. North-west Borneo, 15th Nov. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



5. Padas River, N.W. Borneo, Crowley Bequest. 



15th Nov. (.7. Whitehead). 



Plotus anhinga (Linn.). 



Plotus anhinga, Baird, Brewer fy Ridyw. Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 166 

 (1884) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 419 (1898) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 236 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 236 (1899) ; 

 von Ihering, Rev. Mm. Paulista, iv. p. 273 (1900). 



The eggs of the American Darter vary from 1-92 to 2'18 in 

 length, and from 1-33 to 1'45 in breadth. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. North America (Henshaw Coll.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 1. South Carolina, 1st July (J. J. Crowley Bequest. 



Audubon). 



1. Florida. Sir Richard Owen [P.J. 



1. Florida, 15th March. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Florida, 5th May. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Florida. Crowley Bequest. 



Family SULID^E. 



The eggs of the Gannets or " Boobies " resemble those of the 

 Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidce), but they appear on the whole to 

 be rather broader in proportion to their length and to be more 

 constantly of an oval shape, biconical or elliptical forms being less 

 frequently met with. The eggs of the different species vary only 

 in size. 



Genus SULA, Briss. 



Sula bassana (Linn.). 



Sula bassana, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vb'g. tab. xciii. fig. 1 (1845-54) ; 

 Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vtig. tab. 38. fig. 3 (1855-63) : Hewitson, Eggs of 

 Brit. Birds, ii. p. 474, pi. cxxx. fig. iii (1856) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. 

 vi. p. 181 (1880); Baird, Brewer $ Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. 

 ii. p. 171 (1884) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, 'iii. p. 643, pi. 34 (1885); 



