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Show 1869.] BIRDS IN THE SOCIETY'S GARDENS. 629 5. Scarlet Ibis 6. White Ibis. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Ibis rubra alba... X. ANSERES. Cereopsis Goose Wild Goose Chinese Goose Barnacle Goose Upland Goose Ashy-headed Goose .... Ruddy-headed Goose . Sandwich-Island Goose. Egyptian Goose Black-necked Swan .... Black Swan Common Sheldrake .... Ruddy Sheldrake White-faced Sheldrake. Variegated Sheldrake . Summer Duck Mandarin Duck Bahama Duck Red-billed Duck Dusky Duck Yellow-billed Duck .... Australian Wild Duck . Gadwall Common Teal Garganey Shoveller Tufted Duck Castaneous Duck Eider Duck Herring-gull Cereopsis novce-kollandice. Anser ferus cygnoides Bernicla leucopsis , Chloephaga magellanica podiocephala , rubidiceps sandvicensis , Chenalopex cegyptiaca .., Cygnus nigricollis , Tadorantar avtuulsp anser rutila cana variegata Aix sponsa. galericulata Pcecihnetta bahamensis erythrorhyncha .. Anas obscura , xanthorhyncha superciliosa Querqsuterdeuplear ac recca circia , Spatula clypeata Fuligula cristata Nyroca leucophthalma Somateria mollissima Larus argentatus No. of instances of breeding in each species during the years 1848-68, 8 4 1 1 4 13 8 11 2 8 14 1 7 1 3 20 13 19 4 19 4 1 14 7 2 7 21 6 2 6 No. of ditto in each order. 13 231 TABLE II. I. Passeres .... II. Picariae III. Prehensores IV. Accipitres . V. Columba*; . VI. Galling; .... VII. Struthiones. VIII. Grallse IX. Herodiones. X. Anseres .... No. of species in list. 178 25 110 94 51 83 7 57 35 80 720 No. of breeding species. 5 2 19 31 4 6 30 108 Proportion of breeding species to total number. 1 in 25*4 1 in 220 1 in 47-0 1 in 2-6 lin 1 in 1 in 2-7 1-7 90 1 in 2*6 1 in 66 |
