260 The Great A uk. [Sess. 



says : " The late Lord Lilford generously gave me four of the 

 five eggs he possessed. These, with his full approval, I at 

 once transferred to our Museum." 



Croydon, Surrey. — A mistake regarding the history of this 

 egg appears at p. 1 1 4, vol. ii., ' Trans. Edin. Field Nat. and 

 Micro. Soc.' Mr Edward Bidwell informs me, in a letter dated 

 11th May 1897 — " Canon Tristram's collection, containing the 

 Great Auk's egg, was purchased by Mr Philip Crowley, F.Z.S., 

 of Waddon House, Croydon, and not by his brother, the late 

 Mr Alfred Crowley." 



Didsbury, near Manchester. — There are two eggs in the 

 collection of Mr H. Massey at Didsbury — 1st, The egg which 

 belonged to the Eev. Henry Burney (see ' The Great Auk or 

 Garefowl,' &c, pp. 88 and 106, also App., p. 34). This egg 

 was sold by auction at the rooms of Mr J. C. Stevens, King 

 Street, Covent Garden, London, on 12th December 1887, to 

 Mr Leopold Field, for £168. This egg has now changed 

 hands privately, and is in the collection at Didsbury. I am 

 informed that it was sold by Mr Field through Marsden to 

 Mr Massey for £220 — see litt., 25th March 1897. 2nd, 

 One of the Eochester eggs was bought by Mr Massey at 

 Stevens' auction sale (see ante, p. 241). This egg is a very 

 beautiful specimen ; it measures 4^-i x 2^-£ inches. It was 

 purchased by Mr Massey for 260 guineas. It has a creamy- 

 white shell of fine texture, streaked and blotched, especially 

 at the smaller end, with rich red brown. 



London. — The egg which was in the collection of Mr J. 

 Hack Tuke at Hitchin, Hertfordshire, was lent to the Saffron 

 Walden Museum. The curator, Mr Maynard, is said to have 

 made some casts of it. This egg, which measures 4 - 753x 

 2 - 9 51 inches, was, I am informed, once more in Mr Tuke's 

 private collection at Hitchin, and on his death was sold by 

 his executors at the auction rooms of Mr J. C. Stevens, 

 Covent Garden, London, on 20th April 1896. It was pur- 

 chased by a Mr Noble for Mr W. Newall, 27 Hans Place, 

 London, S.W., who now has it in his private collection (see 

 litt. from Mr Newall, 2 2d December 1896). 



London. — Mr Henry Munt, who bought one of the Eochester 

 eggs (see ante, p. 241). It is now in his collection at 83 

 Kensington Garden Square, "W. Mr Edward Bidwell, in a 



