1871.] PROF. A. NEWTON ON NEW OR RARE BIRDS' EGGS. 57 



6. Numenius htjdsonicus. (Plate IV. fig. 3.) 



This egg has more of the normal appearance of Numenius. It 

 measures 2 - 3S in. X l - 47 in., and was obtained by Mr. M'Farlane 

 from an Esquimaux at Anderson Lower Fort. 



7. ACTODROMAS BAIRDI. 



The egg of this lately distinguished species, which in its wander- 

 ings is not confined to the Old World (cf. Ibis. 1870, p. 151), is 

 unfortunately broken, and I cannot give its dimensions. Enough, 

 however, is left to show the style of colouring — pale yellowish- 

 white ground with markings of brownish red and dull reddish violet. 

 It was procured by Mr. M'Farlane, and the parent shot near the 

 nest. 



8. Chionis minor. (Plate IV. fig. 7.) 



This was sent to me by Mr. Layard, who received it from the 

 Oozette Islands. No egg of either species of the genus has been 

 before known ; and this confirms, by its appearance, the systematic 

 position of the form shown by osteology, its affinity, namely, to the 

 Plovers. It measures 2*23 in. X 1*48 in. 



9. Xema sabinii. (Plate IV. fig. 5.) 



In 1861 I had the pleasure of showing a much damaged specimen 

 of this egg, obtained in Siberia by Dr. von Middendorff. The present, 

 received with two others from the Smithsonian Institution, possesses 

 precisely the same general characters. They measure respectively 

 178 X 1-23, 1-72 x 1*26, and 1*74 X 1-24, and were procured 

 by Mr. M'Farlane at Franklin Bay, on the Arctic coast of America, 

 east of the Anderson River. The hen bird was shot. 



10. Chroicocephalus Philadelphia. (Plate IV. fig. 6.) 



Though this egg has before been received in this country from 

 the Smithsonian Institution, it has never been figured or described ; 

 and this is the first I have possessed. It is very normal in appearance, 

 and measures 1*8 in. X 1*29 in. It was also obtained by Mr. 

 M'Farlane at Anderson- River Fort. 



11. Larus franklini. (Plate IV. fig. 4.) 



I am not aware that the egg of this bird has been hitherto known. 

 It is also normal in character, and measures 2*13 in. x 1*43 in. It 

 was transmitted from Manitoba to the Smithsonian Institution by 

 Mr. L. D. Gunn. 



12. Clangula albeola. 



This is one of a nest of nine eggs sent to the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion by Mr. M'Dougal, who procured it on the Youkon. It measures 

 1*63 in. x 123 in., and is of a yellowish-white colour, and smooth 

 in grain, like a Teal's. 



