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panion collected six hundred of its eggs in a single day. Most of the nests contained from three 

 to five eggs each." 



The specimen figured, on the same Plate with Fulica atra, is a very fine male lent to me by 

 Canon Tristram. 



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



E Mus. II. E. Dresser. 



a, ad. N. Africa. b,juv. Malaga, Spain, July 30th, 1876 (Schliiter), 



E Mus. H. B. Tristram. 



a, 2. Lake Halloula, Algeria, May 7th, 1856 (H. B. T.). b. Cape of Good Hope (E. L. Layard). c, d. 

 Natal (T. Ay res) . 



E Mus. C. A. Wright. 

 a, ad. Quarantine Harbour, Malta, May 1859 (C. A. TV.). 



