OBSTACLES TO THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS' EGGS 179 



by M. Crepin under six heads in the " Revision des Rosa de 

 1'herbier Babington," and also in the "Notes on Scottish 

 Roses " which appeared in this journal in i 896. Many of 

 these variations, gathered in Scotland, generally in immature 

 condition, have been wrongly named. The following, for 

 example, which I saw in the Herbarium at South Kensington, 

 are all forms of R. coriifolia : R. arvatica, Baker, near 

 Kincraig, Inverness, A. Somerville ; R. tomentella, Lem., near 

 Kincraig, and another from West Kincraig, A. Somerville ; 

 R. obtusifolia, Desv., Braemar by Clunie side, E. F. Linton. 



OBSTACLES TO THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS' EGGS 



IN SCOTLAND. 



FOR several years past letters similar to the ones reproduced 

 below, and emanating from the same source, have been received 

 by ornithologists resident in Scotland, and also by Scottish 

 lighthouse-keepers. It will be observed that the desiderata 

 include several clutches of all the species which it is most 

 important should be (and in most counties are) protected, 

 as well as eggs which are covered by the game laws. 



SUFFOLK, \yhjune 1898. 



DEAR SIR Are you collecting birds' eggs or Lepidoptera ? If so, 

 do you care to consider an exchange of duplicates with me ? I can 

 offer, taken in Great Britain and Ireland, Kestrel, Sparrow Hawk, 

 Dipper, Nightingale, Redstart, Whinchat, Chiffchaff, Great Tit, 

 Ray's Wagtail, Titlark, Tree Pipit (in great variety), Skylark, Tree 

 Sparrow, Redpole, Linnet, Bullfinch, Chough (many), Carrion Crow, 

 Rook, Cuckoo (with Pied Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, Redbreast), King- 

 fisher, Stock Dove, Turtle Dove, Pheasant, Red Grouse, Partridge, 

 Lapwing, Sandpiper, Snipe, Heron, Landrail, Razorbill, Guillemot, 

 Gannet (many), Terns (Common and Lesser), Gulls (Black-headed, 

 Herring, and Great Black-backed), Manx Shearwater, Storm Petrel, 

 and nearly all our commoner species. Also (but not British taken) 

 Bee-eater, Glossy Ibis, various Herons, Dwarf Shag, Crab Plover, etc. 

 etc. Of local Macro-Lepidoptera I have many to spare, besides large 

 numbers of nearly all the common species. Also Colonella (now 

 emerging in numbers from my humble-bees' nests) and Sticticalis. 

 Also (Coleoptera) one hundred or more Chrysomela distinguenda not 

 pinned. On the next page I give what I want, full separate clutches 

 taken only in Great Britain, Ireland, or Faroe, with satisfactory data, 



