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Northrepps Hall, 17th Sept. 1875. 

 SiK, — Having recently had considerable experience of Hi- 

 rundo savigni (Steph.) in Egypt, I am able to correct a mis- 

 take in 'The Ibis ' for 1866, p. 423, and can now say posi- 

 tively that the Swallow shot at Teesmouth, in Durham, was 

 pot this bird, but only our common English species. 



J. H. GuRNEY, Jun. 



Dunipace House, Falkirk, 

 September 22nd. 



Dear Sir, — In Mr. J. E, Harting's paper " On the Eggs of 

 some little-known Limicolae^' (P. Z. S. 1874, p. 454), he de- 

 scribes and figures an egg of Anarhynchus frontalis (Quoy & 

 Gaim.), which was taken, with two others, by Mr, J. R. Cook 

 on the Otaio river-bed, Canterbury Settlement, New Zealand. 

 I write now to add a note to those given by the collector, which, 

 I think, cannot fail to be of interest to the readers of ' The 

 Ibis.' Mr. J. R. Cook has lately been staying with me here, 

 having returned from New Zealand for a time ; and he told 

 me that the three eggs of Anarhynchus already referred to 

 were placed in the nest, or hollow in the sand, points down- 

 Avards, and were almost entirely concealed by being covered 

 with sand and lichen until only the large ends of the eggs 

 were left exposed. The eggs were placed not with the small 

 ends pointing towards one another, but absolutely in a perpen- 

 dicular position ; and of this he took particular note. In his 

 notes sent to me along with the eggs, he had underlined the 

 words " point downward." It would be interesting to know 

 if this is a usual habit, or only an accidental occurrence. 



Believe me, &c. &c., 



John A. Harvie Brown. 



33 Carlyle Square, S.W. 



22nd September, 1875. 



Dear Sir, — I have just heard from Mr. Dresser, stating 

 that my " Turdus chrysopleurus, figured in last year's ' Ibis,' 

 is Turdus pelios of Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av." He says that 

 Mr. Severtzoff pointed it out to him, and said that Dr. Ta- 



