Mitlehtirop. i. p. .')7-'3, pi. 52. fig'S. 1-10 (1900) ; Jourd. Eggs Europ. 

 Birds, i. p. 17, pi. 3. iigs. I-IO (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 604 

 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. .3o9 (1910). 

 Pica pica pica, Harterb, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 19 (1903). 



Eggs of tho Common Magpie are generally of a regular oval 

 shape, but some specimens are more elongate and somewhat 

 cora[)ressed towards the smaller end. They are distinctly glossy. 

 The ground i.s almost invariably pale green or greenish-white, 

 occasionally pale bluish-white, and is usually marked all over the 

 shell with spots and small blotches of umber-brown, or dark brown 

 and pale lavender-grey. The markings vary a good deal in size, 

 being very small and numerous in some examples and larger and 

 fewer in others ; while in some thej' obscure the greater part of 

 the ground. In one rather peculiar clutch from Alton the ground 

 is of rather bright a olive-green, and the markings are mostly 

 concentrated at the larger end, forming a dark cap. The markings 

 are occasional!}' most numerous at the smaller end. They vary in 

 length from 1"22 to 1"47, and in breadth from '92 to 1-0. 



4. Castle Eden, Durham, May (//. 



B. Tristram). 

 7. Cumberland, 16th April. 



3. (/anibridge. 



.5. Madingley, Cambridgeshire, 19tli 

 May ( b. S.). 



2. Coton, Cambridgeshire, 1 1th May 



(O.S.). 

 o. Middlesex (Porter). 



5. Middlesex (Farter). 



4. Fiuchley, .Middlesex (O. S.). 



6. New Forest, Hants, 24th April. 



4. Alton, Hants, April {E. Andreioft). 



3. Alton, May [E. A.). 



7. Dorsetshire, 29th March [R. 



Wallis). 



5. Penzance, Cornwall, 27th Mav 



(H. Booth). 

 o. Porsanirer Fiord, Norwav, 19th 

 June {H. 8). 



4. Chri.stiansund, Norw.ay, May (B. 



Hanson). 



2. Sweden. 



5. Yalkenswaard, Holland, 20th Mav 



(H. S.). 



4. Yalkenswaard, 23rd May {H. S.). 



3. Yalkenswaard. 



3. Po.iierania, 2(3th April ( T. Holland) . 

 7. Petchora, X. Russia, lat. 60=, 18th 

 Mav (H. S.). 



5. Petchora, lat. 66', 6th June {H. S.). 

 5. Parnassus, Greece, 12th May 



(H. H. ^- r. Kriiper). 



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