5] 8 Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain on the Catalogue of 



P. 179. Netta rufina (Pall.). Three eggs from Zana 

 (Tristram and Salviu collections), separately cata- 

 logued, form part of a single clutcli of seven eggs 

 (see Ooth. Wolleyana; ii. p. 582). 



P. 189. Heniconetta stelleri (Pall.). There is no satisfactory 

 evidence of the breeding of this species in Norway, and 

 the specimens recorded should be marked ■with a query. 



P. 192. Erionetta speciabilis (L.). Six eggs from the 

 Crowley bequest (S.W. Greenland) are of very 

 doubtful authenticity, and differ considerably from 

 genuine eggs of this species. They should be marked 

 with a query. 



P. 201. Phalacrocoraj- desmaresti Payr. An egg from the 

 Tristram collection is stated to come from the " River 

 Volga."" This locality must be erroneous, as Shags are 

 exclusively marine breeders, and, according to Nord- 

 mann, rarely visit the Black Sea, while east of the 

 Caucasus they are unknown. 



P. 224. Vultur monachus (L.). The egg from Magdala 

 (Tristram collection) was obtained from a nest among 

 rocks in February (see 'Ibis/ 1865, p. 245). The bird 

 Avas flushed from the nest, but not obtained, while the 

 e^^ is to all appearance that of the Griffon Vulture, 

 and the nature of the site and date of nesting confirm 

 this view. Probably the bird was an unusually dark 

 Griffon. (Some doubt is also attached to the egg from 

 El Kantara, obtained from Loche, which was appa- 

 rently marked " auricularis " and subsequently altered 

 to " cine7'eus.") Tristram states that a colony of Otogijps 

 nubicus exists near El Kantara (' Ibis,^ 1859, p. 282). 

 No specimens of either species were obtained by him in 

 Algeria. 



P. 235. Circus cyaneus (L.). The eggs catalogued under 

 this head from Blackwater, Dorset, are marked 

 " C. pj/gcn-gus " by the finder, and are much more 

 likely to belong to the latter species. 



P. 238. C. pygargus (L.). The three eggs from Ventnor, 

 taken on May 30 and July 2, 1875, formed part of one 



