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second Lord Garvagh at the sale of Dr N. Trough ton's collection. After 

 the death of Lord Garvagh in 1871 the egg was reported to have been 

 broken in pieces through the carelessness of a servant, but, as it turns out, 

 was merely cracked, and having been put aside by the widowed Lady 

 Garvagh, was lost sight of until a few days ago, when it was discovered 

 among the personal effects of her daughter by Mr J. E. Harting, the 

 Secretary of the Linnean Society, when examining the remnants of Lord 

 Garvagh's natural history collection, long forgotten and stowed away in 

 a dusty attic. The identity of the egg has been established beyond a doubt, 

 the present owner being Mr Noble, by whom it was exhibited to-night. 



On 16th June 1898 I had a conversation with Mr E. Bid- 

 well in London, and he confirmed the identification of the egg, 

 and stated that some years ago he saw a note in the handwrit- 

 ing of the late Mr G. D. Eowley, dated 1875, in which Mr 

 Rowley stated that at that time the Great Auk's egg that 

 belonged to Dr Troughton was amissing. 



It is exceedingly interesting that this egg has been redis- 

 covered. I had not lost hope that the damaged egg in the 

 late Lord Garvagh's collection would yet be found, and con- 

 tinued to count it in my list of eggs as one of the doubtful 

 lost eggs, that it might not be forgotten. It is now pleasing 

 to be able to record it as undoubtedly existing. 



France. 



In his valuable paper entitled " Le Grand Pingouin," &c, 

 M. H. Duchaussoy refers to the eggs in the Museum at Angers 

 and at Eu, the latter having been formerly in the collection of 

 M. Josse Hardy at Dieppe. 



Angers. — According to Prof. W. Blasius (see p. 25, App., 

 ' The Great Auk or Garefowl '), this is one of four eggs which 

 were seen at Brest in 1859 joined on a string — probably 

 brought by seamen from Newfoundland. M. H. Duchaussoy 

 adds that M. Bouvet, Directeur of the Museum of Angers, has 

 kindly given him some additional information. The egg, 

 which is imperfect, has been roughly restored, the thick end 

 having been replaced with mastic. The shell, without being 

 smooth, is not rough to the touch ; the colour is a dirty white, 



of sale." I wrote Mr E. Bidwell asking him kindly to inform me the price noted 

 in the Bond catalogue. He answered my inquiry on 19th August 1898 : " I can- 

 not find the catalogue. I have, however, a memo, in my copy of your book to 

 the effect that Mr Bond's marked catalogue says £60." 



