QA HIMANTOPUS CANDIDUS. 
Mr. Yarrell, who was pleased to call this and the Pratincole’s [§ 3234] 
the rarest eggs he had ever had. He previously had a Redshank’s 
given to him by Dr. Thienemann for this egg. Mr. Hewitson, 
according to Mr. Wilmot, had almost persuaded himself he had 
figured a wrong egg in his work [Eggs Brit. B. ed. 2, p. 298, 
pl. Ixxxii. fig. 2]. It is certainly too blunt, and his consequent 
observations on the number of eggs laid are false. Mr. Hewitson 
writes to me (12 January, 1846) :—‘* Your eggs are much more like 
my figure than that of Dr. Thienemann [‘ Fortpflanzung der Vogel 
Europa’s,’ tab. xiv. fig. 2] except in shape. I have already given the 
same figure in the second edition [wé supra] as I did in the supple- 
ment to the first [Brit. Ool. pl. elxii., October, 1842], or I should 
have now availed myself of your kindness, for I think there is no 
reason to doubt your eggs being really those of the Long-legged 
Plover. I thank you much for your kind offer of one, but my 
collection of eggs is now dispersed through many cabinets.” 
[Mr. Wolley must subsequently have parted with another specimen, for 
these two only came into my hands, and apparently it went to Mr. Walter 
(cf. § 3318). Dr. Thienemann seems never to have figured the egg of this bird 
correctly, for the figures given in his later and larger work (‘ Fortpflanzungs- 
geschichte der gesammten Vogel,’ tabb. lxiil. figs. 5 a—c, and ic, figs. 24 a—b) are 
obviously inaccurate. | 
§ 3316. One.—Tangier. From M. Favier, 1847. 
One of two received from M. Favier, 21st February, 1847. They 
are just like my former specimens of the egg of this bird. 
§ 3317. Feur.—Tangier. From M. Favier, 1848. 
[These seem to have been received through Mr, Williams, but are all labelled 
by M. Favier. } 
§ 3318. One—Hungary. From Mr. H. F. Walter, 1852. 
Brought from Hungary by Mr. Walter, who obtained it from 
M. Prenovitzky. A German, Herr Kunst [gu. Kunz?], looking at 
Mr. Walter’s collection had at once pointed out the European 
specimens [of the eggs of this bird} and distinguished them from the 
African, not, as I understood, supposing them to be distinct species. 
IT am to give Mr, Walter one of my Africans for this ege. 
