TOTANUS GLAREOLA. 169 
[§ 3781. Hight. — Jutland, May, 1859. From Pastor 
Theobald. 
Mr. Theobald’s note is :—“ Twelve eggs of Totanus glareola, collected by an 
honest man in the northern part of Jutland in the middle of May, 1859.” 
In one of the collections (Mr. Fischer’s, I think) at Copenhagen, where these 
eggs were put into my hands, I saw some wonderful varieties of this bird’s 
egg. Four of the twelve I sent to Dr. Heermann. | 
[§ 3782. Zhree.—Jutland, May, 1861. From HH. Erichsen, 
Fischer, and ‘Theobald. 
The note accompanying these states that they were from one nest, “ taken 
by a collector of Mr. Fischer’s, a true man, in Jutland, at the end of May, 
1861.” 
[§ 3783. Oxe.—Norway, not later than 1840. From the late 
Mr. Dann’s Collection, 1888. 
Bought for me by Mr. Edward Bidwell at the sale of Mrs. Wise’s collection 
at Mr. Stevens’s rooms, 12 March, 1888, being lot 191 of the Catalogue, which 
consisted of a Broad-billed Sandpiper’s egg (§ 4174) and this, the Catalogue 
stating that “ Both these eggs were given to Yarrell by Mr. Dann.” The 
present egg also is inscribed, in handwriting to me unknown, “ R. Dann— 
Yarrell,” shewing that its former possessor had tried to preserve its identity, 
and J think successfully. In this case it must be the specimen mentioned by 
Mr. Yarrell (Brit. Birds, ed. 1, 11. p. 536) in his work as follows :—“ One ego 
of the Wood-Sandpiper in my own collection measures one inch seven lines in 
length, by one inch and half a line in breadth; pointed in shape, of a pale 
greenish white, spotted and speckled, particularly over the broad end, with 
dark reddish brown. This rare egg was given me by Richard Dann, Esq,, 
who obtained two or three in Norway, with the eggs of some other very rare 
birds to be hereafter referred to.” This description accords well with the 
present specimen, though I find the transverse diameter to be almost precisely 
one inch. At the sale of Mr. Yarrell’s collection, 5 December, 1856, when this 
egg was presumably bought tor Mrs. Wise (then Miss Holland), Lot 380 con- 
sisted of two eggs of the Wood-Sandpiper, the second of which was very likely 
one which he had from my brother and myself, for Iam pretty sure we gave 
him one of those we had trom Valkenswaard in 1851 (§ 3775). At any rate, 
J -ee no sufficient reason for doubting the identity of this egg with that 
given to Mr. Yarrell by Mr. Dann, and this is an additional reason for regretting 
that so little is known of the latter’s achievements in Scandinavia. He must 
have obtained this not later than 1840, as the description of it appeared in 
» Part xxiii. of Mr. Yarrell’s work, published in March, 1841.] 
