316 DAULIAS LUSCINIA. 



§ 1500. O^e.— Bearwood. From Mr. II. F. Walter, 1852. 



A very interesting egg, showing a transition- state of the colouring- 

 matter, 



[The olive tint is deeply suffused toward the smaller end, leaving the larger 

 of a dull greenish-blue. J 



^ 1501. Four.— Eton, 1855. 



[In these eggs the olive tint is not equally spread over the whole surface, but 

 gathered in freckles.] 



[^ 1502. 0//^.— Elveden, 1844.] 



[^ 1503. 0/?^.— Brighton, 1845.] 



[^ 1504. 0;;e.— Elveden, 1848.] 



[§1505. O^e.— Elveden, 1849.] 



[§ 1506. S'ioj.- — Elveden, 1853. From three nests.] 



[^ 1507. One. — Madingley, Cambridgeshire, 1853.] 



[^ 1508. Fo//;r.— Elveden, 2 June, 1856. ''E. N."] 



[§ 1509. /b^m— Elveden, 6 Jane, 1856. " E. N."] 



[§ 1510. i?b«r.— Elveden, 8 Jmie, 1856. "E. N."] 



[§ 1511. i^'w.— Elveden, 24 May, 1857. "E. N."] 



[(^ 1512. J/zree.— Elveden, 3 June, 1857. " E. N." 



From the same pair of birds as the preceding. My brother found the nest 

 on the 2nd of June, and left it ; but it was unfortunately taken the next day, 

 and the eggs brought to hiiu.] 



