RECURVIROSTRA AVOSETTA. 91 
§ 3303. One.—Zierikzee, 20 May, 1857. From Mr. J. Baker. 
Mr. Baker told me that he visited the nest day after day, and 
constantly saw the bird on this egg at a short distance from him, but 
it laid no more eggs. He thought it was avery old bird. It is a 
curious variety, small and rather unusually marked. He had other 
quite ordinary Avosets’ eggs, taken at the same time. 
| § 3304. Zwo.—Denmark. From Dr. Kjerbélling, 1856.] 
[§ 3305. Four.—Brielle, 15 May, 1858. From Mr. J. Baker. | 
[§ 3306. Four—Helvout, North Brabant, 7 May, 1859. 
From Mr. J. Baker. | 
[§ 3307. Oze.—Helvoirt, 17 May, 1859. From Mr. J. Baker. | 
[§ 3308. Four—Holland, 1860. From Mr. J. Baker. 
A complete nestful. With these I also obtained from Mr. Baker the skin 
of a half-grown bird. } 
[§ 3309. Zex.—North Holland, 1861. From Mr. J. Baker. 
These I selected from a lot of about fifty which Mr. Baker brought over 
from Holland the year before; but I believe that one if not two others had 
already had a pick of them. He told me they all came from North Holland, 
between the Zuider Zee and the German Ocean, where he declared the birds 
are yet very abundant. I chose the most opposite varieties, but the eggs did 
not vary much. | 
[§ 3310. Seven.—Brielle, May, 1876. From Mr. J. Baker. 
From three nests all taken by Mr. Baker himself. He trapped and brought 
back a pair of the birds, which he says are becoming extremely scarce in 
Holland, at which I do not wonder. ] 
[§ 3311. One.—Norfolk? From the late Mr. Scales’s collec- 
tion, 1885. 
This had with it a label in Mr. Scales’s handwriting with “ Avocet?” upon 
it; but it is to my mind an unquestionable Avoset’s, which has been blown at 
the ends, and has a very large hole on one side, most likely from having been 
