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P. 138. Cijgnus cijgnus (L.). Two eggs from the Seebolim 

 collection, stated iu the '^ Catalogue' to come from 

 " Europe/' are marked North Iceland. 



P. 148. Anser anser (L.). Witli regard to the two eggs 

 catalogued from '^S.W. Spain (L. H. Irby)/' it is 

 stated in a footnote that Colonel Irby makes no men- 

 tion of these eggs in the 2nd edit, of his ' Ornithology 

 of the Straits of Gibraltar.' The writer has evidently 

 overlooked Colonel Irby's paper in the ' Ibis ' for 1879, 

 pp. 315-6, Avhere it is stated that two Geese were seeu 

 on the Laguna de la Janda in IMay 1876;, and that seven 

 or eight eggs were brought into Gibraltar later from the 

 same place. '' There is little doubt that the birds had 

 been slightly wounded and [were] unable to migrate." 



P. 149. A. erytlirojms (L.). The egg from Finland 

 (Tristram coll.) is too large for this species, and, if 

 the locality given is genuine, is probably an egg of 

 A. fabalis. 



P. 149. A. fabalis (Lath.). Four eggs from Iceland (three 

 from the Seebohm collection and one from the Crowley 

 bequest) are erroneously ascribed to this species, which 

 has never been known to breed in Iceland. It has been 

 customaiy for Icelandic collectors to apply the name 

 ''A. segetum'^ to the common Gray Goose of the 

 country, Avhich is the Grey-lag, ^1. anser, and probably 

 the eggs in question belong to this species, but 

 A. albifrons and apparently A. brachyrhynchus also 

 breed in Iceland. 



P. 161. Casarca casarca (L,). Two single eggs, separately 

 catalogued, from the Salvin and Tristram collections, 

 are part of a clutch of four eggs taken near Ain 

 Djendeli (see abis,' 1859, p. 362; Ooth. Wolleyana, 

 ii. p. 530). 



P. 178. Mar?naro7ietta angustirostris (Meneir.). •' Runilla," 

 near Seville, which is given as a locality for this species, 

 is really the Spanish name for this Duck, which has 

 been written by Ruiz on the eggs. 



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