1872.] MR. H. BUCKLEY ON NEW BIRDS' EGGS. 625 



taken at Santa Cruz, Huallaga River, Eastern Peru, on the 31st of 

 May 1868. 



1 cannot see any essential difference between the adult skull of the 

 female and other skulls of Tapirus terrestris in the British Museum. 



The British Museum has also procured from Mr. Bartlett a fully 

 developed skull, but without quite fully developed teeth, of a Tapir 

 from Eastern Peru, which differs only in the nasal bones being rather 

 broader from the skull of the adult female above noted. 



There is also a nearly adult skull in the British Museum, obtained 

 by Mr. Edward Bartlett in an Indian house, in 18G6, at Chyavitos, 

 on the Peruvian Amazons, which appears to belong to the same spe- 

 cies as the two former, but has still shorter and broader nasal bones. 

 All these skulls have the raised arched ridge along the middle of the 

 crown. 



The young Tapirs in the British Museum from various localities, 

 as above recorded, may be synoptically divided thus : — 



1 . The feet and lower part of the legs brown, with large white 

 spots of unequal size. 



A. The upper part of the head brown, covered with small white 



spots ; body with irregular white stripes, and white lines or 

 spots. T. terrestris, p. 492, Plate XXII. fig. 3. (W. Indies ?) 



B. Top of the head brown, with some small white spots before the 



eyes ; sides with a regular stripe, sometimes broken, and with 

 a series of small white specks between the stripes. T. peru- 

 vianus, Plate XLV\ Peruvian Amazons. 



2. The feet and legs and upper part of the head and nape uniform 

 dark brown, without any pale spots. 



A. Sides of the back with longitudinal stripes and with small un- 



equal spots on the sides ; belly dark-coloured. T. cenigmaticus, 

 p. 490, Plate XXII. fig. 1. Ecuador. 



B. Sides of the body with stripes of unequal length, and a few spots 



obliquely disposed ; neck and belly yellow. T. ecuadorensis, 

 p. 492, Plate XXII. fig. 2. Ecuador. 



10. On some new or rare Birds' Eggs. 

 By Henry Buckley, F.Z.S. 



[Eeceived May 7, 1872.] 



I have pleasure in bringing before the Meeting the eggs of three 

 species of North-American birds, which I believe have never pre- 

 viously been exhibited, although Professor Newton, on one or two 

 former occasions, has given some notes on one of them (the Swallow- 

 tailed Kite) ; but I still trust that my brief remarks even on that 

 species will not be without interest. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1872, No. XL. 



