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Lord Rothschild exhibited : — 



2 eg^s of the Great Auk. 1 Champley Coll. 



1 Count Roedern ColL 

 2 eggs of Synthlihorhamphus antiquus. Kurile Is. 

 2 „ „ wuinizusume . Japan. 



(These eggs are unlike all eggs of European Alca;, 



resembing more the eggs of certain Sandgrouse.) 



2 clutches Tetraogallus tibetanus tibetanus. Chambi 



Valley, Tibet. 

 1 clutch of 7 Tetraogallus caucasicus. Caucasus. 

 A series of varieties of Tetraogallus himalagensis. 



Turkestan. 

 133 eggs of the following Alectoris (^= Caccabis) : — 

 Alectoris barbara barbara. Marocco and Northern 



Algeria. 

 „ „ spatzi. Algerian Sahara. 



„ koenigi. Tenerife. 

 grcBca grceca. Parnassus, in Greece. 



,, Cypriotes. Cyprus, Crete, Jerusalem. 

 ,, falki, Turkestan. 



„ sinaica. Jericho. 

 ,, kirthari. Sindh. 

 rufa rufa. England and France. 



„ corsa. Corsica. 



,, „ intercedens. Southern Spain. 



1 clutch of 6 Ammoperdix Iteyi lieyi. Jericho. 



1 ,, ,, ,, griseogida7'is. Kohat. 

 80 eggs of the following Quails : 

 Varieties of Coturnix coturnix coturnLv. Europe. 



2 eggs of „ ,j japonica. Transbaikalia. 

 4 „ „ „ africana. Madagascar. 

 Series of Coturnix coromandelica. India. 



„ „ delagorguei. E. Africa. 



2 eggs of Coturnix novcczealandia^, N. Zealand, extinct. 



1 egg of Synoicus yp)silophorus yjjsilophorus. Tasmania. 



2 eggs of „ ,, australis. S. Queensland. 

 1 egg of „ pjlumbeus. New Guinea. 



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