2326 The Zoologist — October, 1870. 



hawking about in pursuit of small insects, in the manner of the swallow 

 tribe, sometimes dipping, but seldom alighting on the sea, skimming 

 for a few seconds with open wings, and mounting again in the air: 

 whilst thus engaged, they appear to be wholly regardless of danger, 

 and heedless of man. Abundant at Scilly, where they breed. Egg 

 white, with a rufous zone at the larger end. When the storm petrel 

 alights on ground, it appears incapable of perching or resting on its 

 feet solely ; it rests, or rather squats, on the whole length of the tarsus, 

 and in moving hobbles along in this attitude, in the manner of the 

 grebes and divers. 



Edward Hearle Rodd. 



Rare Eggs from North America. By Henry Reeks, Esq., F.L.S. 



Through the kindness of Professor Baird, and the liberality of the 

 Smithsonian Institution at Washington, I have recently received the 

 following rare eggs (with others of less interest) from North 

 America. 



Botauriis lentiginosus.—ljenglh 185 by 1-45. Colour uniform 

 darkish olive. Taken Ottawa, Canada. No. in Smithsonian Collec- 

 tion 7095. W. T. Coleman. 



Gamhettn flavipes. — Length 1*65 by MS. Colour olive-brown, 

 blotched thickly at the larger end with darker brown of two shades- 

 No. 13.385. Taken Fort Anderson, July, 1864. R. McFarlane. 



Acliiurus hartramius. — Length 1"67 by 1"25. Colour gray, thickly 

 spotted with purplish brown, principally at the larger end, and not so 

 pyriform in shape as the eggs of sandpipers usually are. No. 506. 

 Taken Rock Creek. Wagon Road to Bridger's Pass, Rocky Moun- 

 tains. K. T., June 8, 1857. 



Amer Ganibelii. — Length 3-35 by 2*45. Colour soiled white. 

 No. 11752. Taken at Franklin Bay, Anderson River, 1865. 



Mareca Americana. — Length 2' 15 by r45. Colour cream or dirty 

 white. No. 7734. Taken on the Arctic Coast, east of Anderson 

 River. 



Fulix affinis, Baird. Length 2-30 by 1*55. Colour pale buff, with 

 olive tinge. No. 6642. Taken Youkon River, June 29th. J. Lock- 

 hart. 



Somateria qjectabilis. — Length varying from 2'50 to 2'65 by 1*70. 

 Colour pale olive-green of various shades ; only to be recognized by 



