132 KALLID^. 



6. Fort Garland, California, 23rd June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Senshaw Coll.). 

 1. Fort Carlton, Canada, 4th June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(T. W. BlakiOm). 

 1. Duefias, Guatemala, 2nd June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. Salvin). 

 4. Duenas, 2nd June (0. 8.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Jamaica (A. Newton). SalVin-Godman Coll. 



Pulica leticoptera, Vieill. 



(Plate X. fig. 5.) 



Fulica leucoptera, Dumford, Ibis, 1878, p. 67 ; Scl. Sr Suds. Argent. 

 Orn. ii. p. 158 (1889) ; Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 210 ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 224 (1894) ; Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 302; Sharps, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 110 (1899). 



The eggs of the Tellov-billed Coot are oval, fairly smooth, and 

 almost devoid of gloss. They are of a rich creamy-buff colour, 

 speckled all over with pale purple and rich chocolate-brown. The 

 markings are very small and evenly distributed over the shell. The 

 three examples in the Collection measure respectively : 1'85 by 1"3 ; 

 1-7 by 1-22; 1-85 by 1-28. 



3. Argentine Republic, Sept. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



Order PODICIPEDIDIFORMES. 



The eggs of the Grebes are of a lengthened elliptical or biconical 

 shape, the two ends being closely alike in contour. Some are of an 

 oval form, but they are in the minority. ^'^"^^^^ 



The true shell is generally of a very pale arf^ia'h-WS ^colour, 

 but in fresh eggs it is covered with a thin- #? ^ 'chaVWfy white 

 matter, which obscures or completely conceals r' . ^ first Ithe eggs 

 have little, if any, gloss. As incubationjin|L Aq ho'w'ver, the 

 calcareous covering is worn away, tha^SiJell tujfc»<i?r^yel'lowish- 

 brown, and eventually to a dark earthy-brown, iolour, so that in 

 most cases the egg becomes very smooth and hig^ily glossy. 



The eggs of the various species of Grebes jresemble each other 

 closely, and they cannot be separated in any way except, in some 

 instances, by their size. ^""^ 



