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yellowish white, very smooth in grain, and measure from 66 by 46 to 73 by 47 millimetres. I 

 possess Danish- taken eggs from Bognses, on the Isefjord, taken in 1872 ; from Fuglsang, in 

 Laaland, taken in 1858 and 1859, in which latter year two pairs bred in that locality." Eggs of 

 the Goosander in my collection, from Sweden, and collected by myself in Finland, are in colour 

 rich cream or creamy buff, very smooth in texture of shell, and in size average about 2f^ by If § 

 inch. The down in which they are deposited is greyish white. 



The specimens figured are an adult male from Archangel, and an old female from Cookham, 

 Berkshire, both in my collection. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, 2 ad. Cookham, Berkshire, December (Ford). b,c,<5 . Glinnie, Archangel, May 13th, 1874 (Piottuch). 

 d, ?. Ijma, Archangel, September 3rd, 1873. e,f,juv. Albania (H. Barclay), g, $. Shanghai, China, 

 March 1869 (R. Swinhoe) . h, 6 . Bullen Marsh, St. John's, New Brunswick, April 10th, 1862 (H. E. D.) . 



