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latter, 20 July, 1898. There is no doubt that they are both from the same nest, 
which is alleged to have been taken on the 6th June, 1858, and the eges, six in 
number, received by Mr. Baker on the 12th of July, as Mr. Sealy marked on the 
box containing the egg he gave me, though Mr. W. Farren declared that they 
did not reach Cambridge till November, when he saw them freshly blown. 
Owing to the jealousy existing between these two dealers, neither of whom 
would give the name of the person or place by whom and at which their 
respective nests were found, the history of each is defective. Mr. Sealy, who 
had most to do with them. and published a note about them in ‘The 
Zoologist’ for 1859 (p. 6329), was quite sure that they had been taken in this 
country, and so far as I know they are the first that have been produced in it. 
I think it possible that if I had been living at Cambridge at the time, I might 
have made out more particulars, for My. Sealy was not a very persistent 
enquirer. My, Baker sold the remaining four eggs of this nest, but to whom 
I never heard. | 
§ 3109. Zwo.—‘‘Isle of Ely,” August, 1858. From Mr. 
W. Farren, through Mr. J. D. Salmon, 1859. 
[One of these was given by Mr. Salmon to Mr. Wolley, and the other to 
myself, being from a nest of seven eggs brought with the hen bird by a fenman 
to Barton, a tradesman at Ely, from whom Mr, Farren had them. My. Salmon 
seems to have bought all of them, reserving three for his own collection, and 
giving the remaining two to Mr. Bond and Mr, Salvin respectively. Mr, Sealy 
saw these eggs and the bird while they were in Mr. Farren’s possession and 
wrote in the ‘ Zoologist ’ (ut supra) that this “ second nest was discovered in 
the first week of August, and in this instance the hen bird was taken on the 
nest; the eggs, seven in number, had been sat upon for some time, and had 
lost the usual fresh bloom, yet still are very characteristic specimens.” In his 
Fee-book Mr. Wolley has copied a letter from Mr. Farren to Mr, Salmon 
concerning these eges, but it gives no further information. | 
[§ 3110. Lhree—Valkenswaard, 1855. From Mr, J. Baker. 
From two nests. | 
[§ 38111. Four.—North Brabant ?, 1857. From Mr. J. Baker. 
From three nests, most likely out of the same lot as the two sold to 
Mr. Wolley (§ 8107).] 
[§ 3112. Scz—North Brabant? From Mr. J. Baker. 
Selected from a considerable number, obtained in Holland by Mr. Baker, 
and no doubt from the same district as the above (§ 3111). ] 
