LVI (NATURAL SIZES). 
LAPWING MoorRHEN 
Dark olive-brown irregu- Reddish- white speckled 
larly blotched with SEDGE WARBLER and spotted with brown 
brownish-black (depth White, speckled with 
of colours vary) brown 
BuuE Tit CREEPER LONG-TAILED TIT COMMON WREN 
Pinky-white, spot- White, moreorless White, or white White, with a few 
ted with reddish- spotted reddish- with a few small red spots 
brown at larger brown specks of red 
end 
always the same for each species—so that all the eggs laid are 
hatched at the same time. The period of hatching (duration of 
incubation) for the birds herein mentioned is about three weeks. 
The shades and markings and even the colours of birds’ eggs 
vary considerably. 
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