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side than on the other, with irregular brown spöts and ashy brown concealed spöts. 

 The axis of this somewhat elongate egg is 48,5 mm. and its transverse diameter is 

 30,5 m. m. The other egg is paler, greyish yellow. 



The Terns behaved as usual at the breeding place, flapping with the wings 

 and screaming över the intrader. 



Even during the winter the Terns were numerous at South Georgia and flew 

 then along the sea shore as the land was covered with snow. Of course, they feed 

 on fish, and the recognizable remains preserved by Sörling consist chiefly of small 

 young of Notothenia macrocephala marmorata. 



Nettion georgicum Gmelin 1788. 



Syn.: Anas georgica Gmelin 1788. 



Querquedula eatoni Cabanis 1884. 

 (nec Sharpe.) 

 » antarctica Cabanis 1888. 



9. ad. Boiler Harbour, Camberland Bay, the 1 8 th of Nov. 1904. »Iris brown». 



J 1 9. ad. Moraine Fjord, Gumberlatid Bay, the 1 1 th of March 1905. »Tris dark brown». 



J 1 ad. the same locality, the 31t of March 1905. »Iris dark brown». 



9 juv. May Fjord, the 2d of April 1905. »Iris brown». 



£ ad. Camberland Bay, the 12th of July 1905. »Iris brown». 



Q jnv. the same locality, Sept. 1905. 



pnll. Moraine Fjord, Cumberland Bay, the 14 of Dec. 1904. 



J 1 9. (skeleton) Moraine Fjord, Cumberland Bay, the 3d of May 1905. 



The Teal of South Georgia is evidently a very well defined speeies. The sexes 

 are although, rather similar, not quite identical in colour, but easy to distinguish on 

 the speculum. In the female the speculum is simply dark brown only marked out 

 by the bordering light bars. In some speeimens, however, the parts next to the 

 exteriör (or posterior) light terminal band show a velvety black portion. The tips 

 of the secondaries which form the mentioned terminal band of the speculum are 

 lighter than in the male and may be termed buffish white or sometimes almost 

 creamy white. The inner band bordering the speculum and formed by the tips of 

 the greater row of wing-coverts is a little more buffish, although as a rule less so, 

 than in the male. In the latter the speculum is velvety black and the bordering 

 bands are more buffish. In most shades of light this black speculum does not show 

 any metallic lustre at all, but if the bird is held between the spectator and the 

 light, and viewed from above and behind there is a well conspicuous green lustre 

 which resembles in colour the well-known green shield on the breast of the Caper- 

 caillie. This green is strongest on the edges of the secondaries but extends almost 

 över the whole speculum. In the female there is not a trace of this. 



The crown of the head is rufous brown, rather broadly streaked with black. 

 The sides of the head are lighter (almost buffish) brown and finely streaked with 



