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Dafila acuta. A female with cinnamon -white plumage 

 and markings of a somewhat darker shade. A wild bird 

 shot in Holland, September 1897. 



Spatula clypeata. A female with the upperparts white 

 mottled with dark brown on the back and wing-coverts ; 

 the underparts white, much mixed with cinnamon, and with 

 some brown spots. Lake Manitoba, October 1897 (H. J. 

 Munn). 



Scolopax rusticola. A male in white plumage, with a 

 few dark patches on the head, back, and wing-coverts; 

 portions of the primary-quills washed with brownish-grey. 

 Durago, Albania, February 1907 (R. B. Lodge). 



Machetes pugnax. A female in white plumage, with 

 dark grey patches on the back and wings, and with a few 

 spots on the neck. Received alive from Holland, January 

 1903; died November 1903. 



Aptenodytes patagonica. A male with the upperside 

 normally coloured ; the double nuchal band, as well as the 

 chin, throat, and median line on the chest olive-green ; breast 

 and rest of the underside deep seal-brown. Macquarie 

 Islands. 



Megadyptes antipodum. A pure white specimen. 

 Macquarie Islands, 1901. 



Prion ariel. A specimen with the upperparts almost 

 white. Cook's Straits, New Zealand, July 1902. 



Larus ridibundus. Two pure white examples ; eyes 

 normally coloured. One from the Lake of Geneva, 3. ix. 01 ; 

 and the other killed near Paris. 



Rallus aquaticus. Entirely deep black, a few whitish 

 freckles indicated on the lower flanks and lower abdomen. 

 Grand Canal, Dublin, 13. xi. 03. 



Francolinus francolinus. A male in almost completely 

 black plumage. Received alive in April 1900. 



