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Megalestris Antarctica. (Skua Gull.) 



A boldly-marked and handsome egg, of uniform greenish-buff, 

 blotched and speckled all over with deep umber-brown, interspersed 

 with large, obscure, clouded blotches appearing as if beneath the 

 surface of the shell. Length 3 inches ; breadth 2. 



PODICEPS ROLLANDI. 

 PODICEPS CALIPAREUS, 



Pelecanoides BERARDL 



EUDYPTES PAPUA . 



Egg uniform bluish-white, largely stained in parts with buff. 

 Length 2-j-f inches ; breadth 2-f. 



Aptenodytes pennanti. 



cygnus nigricoll1s. 



"Molly matjk." 



Supposed to be either Biomedea fuliginosa or Diomedea melano- 

 phrys. 



A very long, but rather elegant, oval-shaped egg, the ground- 

 colour of which is a stony-white, slightly washed with pink, and 

 with a zone of brownish-buff round the larger end. This buff zone 

 differs in form in different eggs, some having the entire end of this 

 hue, while in others it is merely a ring. Length 4^ ; breadth 2-§-< 



Til ALASSIDROMA NEREIS. 



2. On a new species of Odontophorus. By John Gould, 

 Esq., F.R.S., etc. 



Two specimens of a fine species of Odontophorus having been placed 

 in my hands by Mr. Sclater, for the purpose of comparing it with 

 the other known members of the group, I beg to state that, after 

 having done so with great care, I can come to no other conclusion 

 than that it differs from the whole of them. It is most nearly allied 

 to the O. speciosus of Tschudi, and the O. hyperythrus, Gould, but 

 differs from the former in the much darker colouring of its upper 

 surface, and in the rich rusty-red colouring of its forehead ; it is 

 also distinguished by having a broad band of the same colour sur- 

 mounting the eye and extending to the nape of the neck, where it is 

 met by a similar band, which commences at the base of the upper 

 mandible, extends under the eye, through the ear, which feature has 

 suggested the name of erythrops as its specific appellation. From the 

 O. hyperythrus it differs in having a shorter and more obtuse bill, 

 and in the well-defined black marking of the throat. The bird was 

 discovered at Pallatanga in Ecuador, by Mr. Fraser. 



