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Out of a series of thirty eggs, selected from some fifty speci- 

 mens that have passed through my hands these last five years, 

 only four clutches can be called richly marked. Most of the 

 spots and blotches are more or less obscure and apparently be- 

 low the surface, showing various tints of purplish grey, drab, 

 and pale brown, by the overlaying of the whitish calcare- 

 ous matter — these four clutches may be described as fol- 

 lows : — 



Clutch L— Two eggs, size 2.90x2.30 and 2.80x2.32, ground 

 colour creamy white, freckled all over with pale brown and 

 drab ; tow^ards the small ends of the eggs are heavy daubs of 

 deep purple grey, and on the top of those are blotches of chest- 

 nut and sienna brown. This handsome clutch was taken in 

 the mountains of Asia Minor, from a nest in a high cliff", on 

 •April 10th, 1887. 



Clutch II.— Three eggs, size 3.00x2.28, 2.95x2.24 and 2.80x2.13, 

 ground colour clear white, with heavy spots and blotches of 

 various shades of grey and dark brown ; the ground colour is 

 so clean and free of freckles, that the heavy blotches stand out 

 very bold. This set was also taken in the mountains of Asia 

 Minor, April 10th, 1887. 



Clutch III.— Two eggs, size 3.12x2.28 and 2.97x2.33, ground 

 colour pinky cream, mottled all over with purple grey and 

 pale brown, which almost conceals the ground colour. This 

 clutch was taken near Sargent, California, April 16th, 1889, 

 from a nest in a live oak tree, 35 feet from the ground. 



Clutch IV.— Two eggs, size 2.82x2.14 and 2.90x2.03, ground 

 colour greyish white, the eggs are streaked horizontally from 

 the largest end to the middle with purple grey, on the top of 

 this are spots and blotches of sienna brown, one of the eggs is 

 very handsome. They were collected in Santa Clara 

 Co., Cala., March 22nd, 1890, nest in a white oak tree 70 ft. 



high- 



Behind the Albion hotel at Winnipeg, the proprietor has a 

 small menagerie. It contains several fine specimens of black 

 bears, prairie and timber wolves, and different kinds of deer, 

 all oljtained within this district. 



