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and some of the Petrels, is difficult to describe: the 
magnifying glass reveals an appearance of the impression 
of innumerable pin points. 
They vary in size a little from the egg in the collec- 
tion of the Linnzan Society ; but do not approach the 
dimensions of the egg of the Manx Shearwater. 
The bird is admitted to the B.O.U. List, and by 
Saunders, and by Seebohm upon two occurrences ; but 
as the latter justly observes, other birds may have reached 
these shoves of which fact there is no vecord ; and indeed 
let us hope that some of the rare birds which visit us es- 
cape the ever watchful sportsman and naturalist. 
THE PIED-BILLED GREBE. 
(PopitymMsBus PoDICcEPs.) 
Rejected from the B.O.U, List. 
Rejected by Saunders. 
Rejected by Seebohm. 
The three authorities simply record the fact that the 
specimen was exhibited at the P.Z,.S. 1881, by Mr. R. B. 
Sharpe, as having been shot in the previous winter at 
Radipole, near Weymouth: the authorities lay stress on 
the fact that it has ot occurred elsewhere in Europe. 
The eggs in my collection are in size and shape 
almost identical with those of P. cornutus. They were 
taken at Berlin, Wisconsin, on June 10, 1883, from a nest 
a large mass of weeds and rushes floating among water 
plants in shallow water. 
A most unlikely bird to escape from confinement in 
this country. 
