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My eggs were exhibited before the Zoological 
Society, January 16, 1872, by Mr. Dresser. 
Mr. W.E. Brooks mentions, as a reason for separating 
the species, the monosyllabic sound as described by Mr. 
Seebohm; and the sound, slightly varied, which the 
Cashmere bird uttered: but different persons might des- 
cribe the same short sound differently, he sees also a 
difference in plumage. 
THE NORTHERN MOCKING BIRD. 
(Mimus PoLyGLoTTus.) 
Rejected from the B.O.U. List. 
Omitted by Newton. 
Omitted by Seebohm. 
A set of eggs, in my possession, are exactly like small, 
and handsome eggs of the Ring-Ousel. 
THE WAEL ‘CREEPER: 
(TicHopROMA MurarIa.) 
Rejected from the B.O.U. List. 
Omitted by Newton. 
Admitted by Seebohm. 
Mr. Seebohm appears to have established its claim to 
eurolment on the undoubted authenticity of the Lanca- 
shire specimen; of which there is a coloured engraving in 
Mitchell’s “Birds of Lancashire,” published 1885. 
Mr. Seebohm says that the eggs of the Creepers in 
colour resemble the Tit’s; and yet he points out that 
