COLOURED FIGURES 



OF THE 



EGGS 



OF 



BRITISH BIRDS, 



WITH DESCRIPTIVE NOTICES, S*^ • 8> 2- \ \ *b • £=> V^ 



BY 



HENRY SEEBOHM, 



AUTHOR OF "SIBERIA IN EUROPE," "SIBERIA IN ASIA," "A HISTORY OF BRITISH 



BIRDS," "CATALOGUE OF BIRDS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM" (VOL. V.), 



"THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE CHARADRIID/E," 



"CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS," 



"THE BIRDS OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE," ETC., ETC. 



EDITED 



(AFTER THE AUTHORS DEATH) 

 BY 



R. BOWDLER SHARPE, LL.D., etc., 



ASSISTANT KEEPER, SUB-DEPARTMENT OF VERTEBRATA, 

 BRITISH MUSEUM. 



SHEFFIELD : 



PAWSON AND BRAILSFORD. 



1896. 



