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Stoke told Mr. Salmon, so the latter thinks; but he also thinks he 
got them from Mr. Ashbey’s house, for it is not likely Mr. Ashbey 
would trust anyone else to carry the eggs to Stoke, where Mr. Salmon 
was living. Mr. Salmon does not lay much stress on the word in his 
note being “sent.” He thinks he may merely have meant “ received 
of Mr. Ashbey,” nor can he recollect all the details as he would 
wish. 
The following I now extract from Loudon’s ‘ Magazine of Natural 
History,’ vol. vii. p. 458 [Sept. 1834] :— 
On otie Great Bustard (Otis tarda, i... . ) three females 
resorted, last spring, to Great Massingham Heath, Norfolk, for incu- 
bation. ‘Their eggs consisted of two pairs and a single one. These 
were taken away, under the impression that, as there was no male bird, 
they were good fornothing. I have one of the pairs. Does the male 
associate with the female during the period of incubation? Bewick 
says that the ‘ male is said to live apart after the females have been 
impregnated.’ Is this the case? If it be, it may be well, should 
female bustards again visit the same place, not to deprive them of 
PHEIN CGUS. a). 2) <5 « —J. D. Salmon, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, Dec. 28, 
1833.” 
Mr. Salmon’s letter is dated just three calendar months after the 
entry in his journal, or at least after the day on which he notes the 
receipt of the eggs. The third egg was sent to Mr. Ashbey soon 
after it was blown, said Mr. Salmon. In his receut list of his eggs 
(in Malan’s printed book for the purpose) I find the following :— 
“Sept. 28, 1833.—Received from Mr. Ashbey of Lynn, a pair 
taken from Massingham heath this spring, with three eggs, forming 
two pairs and a single one, being the product of three nests.— 
4/521 B re us 
§ 3193. Five-—From Herr Brandt, 1851, through Dr, Irere, 
1853: 
Five beautiful varieties. Dr. Frere has had a very considerable 
number of these, many of which passed into Mr. Gardiner’s hands. 
It is probable that the dozen or so which he had kept for his own 
duplicates were the best-marked specimens. 
§ 3194. Ove-—Germany. From Mr. Green, 1854. 
Said to have been received from Leipzig. 
