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is in the estate of the Marquis of Cholmondeley, and was at the time in the 
occupation of Mr. John Burgess. The fellow egg was accidentally broken.” 
The whole of this story is eminently satisfactory, and I have little doubt that 
this is one of the eggs that Mr. Scales remembered as being in Mr. Blyth’s 
possession, though some of the details differ. } 
[§ 3200. Zwo.—Near Leipzig, 20 May, 1857. From Mr. H. 
Smurthwaite, 1858. 
These were sent to me by Mr. Smurthwaite, who had been residing for some 
time in Leipzig, and wrote first that they were “taken last year on their 
favourite breeding ground between Leipzig and Halle,” subsequently adding 
‘by a gamekeeper’s assistant, who found the nest with one egg and on his 
first visit saw the parent bird. On his taking the two eggs, he did not, so far 
as I remember, see the Bustard at all. This nest was on an open piece of 
ground, among rank herbage.” | 
[§ 3201. Zwo.—Jaren, entrance of Wadi Kassab, 16 April, 
1860. Found by Mohamed ibn Hedda. 
[§ 3202. Zwo.—Jawen, Wadi Kassab, 24 April, 1860. 
Found by Mohamed ibn Hedda. 
[§ 38203. Zwo.—Abo Maria, west bank of Tigris, 25 April, 
1860. Found by Ali ibn Ahmed. 
§ 3204. Zwo.—Near Khorsabad, 29 April, 1860. Found 
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by Khudder Malanchy. 
[§ 3205. Zwo.—Tel Yacoob, near Nimrood, 2 May, 1860. 
Found by Osman ibn All. 
[§ 3206. Zwo.—Khudder Elias (Khidr Ilyas), 2 May, 1860. 
[§ 3207. Zwo.—Tel Yacoob, 6 May, 1860. Found by Midlij 
ibn Mahmood. 
