FALCO VESPERTINUS. Ill 



§ 281. O^^e.— TipaToldwar, Hungary, 2 June,1850. " A.H.C." 

 From Mr. A. H. Cochrane' s Collection, through Mr. 

 W. Proctor, 1851. 



This egg, and another with a similar mark upon it, I saw in the 

 University Museum, at Durham, and Mr. Proctor informed me he had 

 got them from Mr. Cochrane. Two days afterwards I saw half-a- 

 dozen or more of these eggs with Mr. John Hancock at Newcastle, 

 and he told me that Mr. Cochrane had obtained the birds very plen- 

 tiftdly in Hungary. I accordingly wrote to Mr. Proctor for this 

 egg, and it arrived the next day. 



[In answer to inquiries respecting this and the eggs in the next'sections, 

 which I addressed to him, Mr. Cochrane has kindly written to me, imder date 

 21st May 1863, as follows : — " With regard to the eggs of Falco nifipes, I must 

 have collected some hundreds of them when I was in Hungary, and the name 

 of the place where I took them is Tipa Foldwar. As I usually write the date 

 and name of the place where I collect any eggs on the eggs, some of which 

 Mr. Proctor received from me, I have no doubt but that the eggs you mention 

 have been taken by myself. For particulars of the breeding of Falco ritjipes I 

 will refer you to Mr. Hewitson's book, the account of which [Eggs B. B., 

 ed. 3. p. 28] was furnished by me."] 



§ 282. O^e.— Tipa Foldwar, Hungary, 1850. " A. H. C." 

 From Mr. A. H. Cochrane's Collection, through Mr. 

 John Evans, 1858. 



Mr. Evans procured this from Mr. Roberts, of Scarborough. He 

 had it from a friend of Mr. Cochrane, whose signature is on the 

 paper pasted on the egg. 



[§ 283. O^e.— Tipa Foldwar, Hungary, 1850. From Mr. 

 A. H, Cochrane's Collection, through Mr. W. Proctor, 



1858. 



This egg also is certified by the writing on the label. I bought it at Mr. 

 Stevens's rooms, the sale being that of some of Mr. Proctor's eggs, January 

 26th, 1858. The curious fact of this species having the habit of nesting in 

 commimities was made known to me some fourteen or fifteen years since by 

 Mr. Newcome, who derived his information from an old falconer of the Loo 

 Hawking Club, by name MoUen ; and, at my suggestion, Mr. Newcome for- 

 warded Mr. Hewitson the notice which appears in the last edition of his 

 work (' Eggs B. B.', ed. 3. p. 29). To Mr. Cochrane, however, I fully believe, 

 British oologists are indebted for the first authenticated specimens of this 



