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marshes of the Falklands, and as Captain Abbott has sent eggs of a 

 bird which he calls the Dottrel, I have little doubt that the follow- 

 ing description applies to the egg of this bird : — 



Ground-colour pale greenish-olive, conspicuously and strongly 

 blotched and streaked all over with blackish brown ; l^ inch long 

 by 1^ broad. 



LiMOSA HUDSONICA ? 



H^MATOPUS UNicoLOR ? Black Oyster-catcher. 



A very large egg, the ground-colour of which is olive stone- colour, 

 blotched, spotted, and streaked with umber-brown, some of the 

 blotches being much larger than others, while some are of a more 

 olive hue, are obscure, and appear as if beneath the surface of the 

 shell, — the umber-brown hiae prevailing at the larger end. Length 

 2^ inches; breadth I^. 



NyCTOCORAX AMERICANA. 



Egg uniform light greenish blue. Length 2 inches ; breadth 1^. 



Chloephaga magellanica (Gm.). 



This bird lays a beautifully-formed egg, of a uniform light huffy 

 cream-colour, 3-^ inches long by 2^ in breadth. 



Chloephaga poltocephala. Gray. 



Bernicla inornata. Gray & Mitch. Gen. B. pi. 165 (nee King). 



BeRNICLA ANTARCTICA. 



The egg of this bird is of a lengthened elegant form, and of a light 

 buffy cream-colour, 2|- inches long by 1-| broad. 



QuERaUEDULA CRECCOIDES. 



A lengthened oval egg, of a uniform buffy stone-colour. Length 

 2\ inches ; breadth 1^. 



QUERQUEDULA C^RULEATA. 



Anas rafflesi. King. 



Fine specimens were sent by Capt. Abbott. 



Mareca chiloensis. 



Anas? cristata. 



A handsomely-shaped, somewhat pointed egg, of a uniform vina- 

 ceous buff-colour. Length 2-| inches ; breadth 2. 



Micropterus cinereus. 



Anas hrachypteray Lath. 



A rather long and elegantly-formed egg, of a uniform buffy stone- 

 colour. Length 3-|^ inches ; breadth 2|. 



