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excepting hhat they do not appear ever to exhibit a pinkish ground, 

 all the specimens in the Collection being of a pale cream or creamy- 

 buff colour. They measure from 2 to 2-3 in length, and from 

 1'35 to 1*6 in breadth. 



1. 

 1. 



4. 

 2. 

 1. 

 5. 



New Zealand. 



Canterbury, South Island, New 



Zealand. 

 New South Wales. 

 New South Wales. 

 New South Wales, 27th Sept. 



Dr. Sinclair [P.]. 

 Capt. E. Snow [P.]. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould CoU. 

 Gould Coll. 



River Murray, S. Australia, 22nd Oct. E. S. Moulden, Esq. [P 



Sub-Family FULICIN^. 

 Genus FULICA, Linn. 



Pulica atra, Linn. 



Fulica atra, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixxiy. fig. 1, a-d (1845-54) ; 

 Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 44. fig. 9 (1855-63) ; HewiUon, Eggs of 

 Brit. Birds, ii. p. 380, pi. cvii. fig. ii (1856) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 

 p. 361 ; /Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 225 ; Sadly, Stray Feath. iv. p. 191 

 (1876) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 327 (1879) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, 

 ii. p. 664, pi. 23 (1884) ; Gates ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. B. 

 iii. p. 386 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 210 (1894) ; 

 Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 87, pi. 22. fig. 2 (1896) ; Sharpe, 

 Sand-l. i. p. 109 (1899). 



Fulica puUata, Thien. torn. cit. tab. Ixxiv. fig. 3. 



The eggs of the Coot are of a regular oval shape, but sometimes 

 they are elliptical or biconical. They are fairly smooth but have 

 little gloss. The ground varies, being of a cream-colour in some, 

 pale buff or pinkish stone-colour in others. The markings consist 

 of minute specks and small spots of pale purple and blackish brown, 

 usually round and extremely distinct and well-defined. Numerous 

 examples measure from 1'75 to 2"3 in length, and from 1-25 to 

 1-55 in breadth. 



1. 



5. 



Loch Ashie, Inverness (E. Hargitt). 

 Clumber Park, Notts, 9th May (IT. 



Seebohm). 

 Clumber Park, 9th May {S. S.). 

 Luton Park, Bedfordshire, 28th May 



(H. Seebohm). 

 Avington, Hants, May (JE Hargitt). 

 Riddagshausen, Brunswick, 29th 



April {A. Nehrkorn). 

 Seville, Spain, 28th April (H. 



Saunders), 

 Seville, 14th April (H. Saunders: 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 Seville, 28th April (H. S. : Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 Zana, Algeria, June (O. Salvin). ^ 



Seebohm CoU. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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