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cabinet they seem to agree exactly with the Leadenhall eggs in 
being paler than any specimen of the Common Heron. 
[§ 5312. Four.— Holland. From Dr. Frere, 1852. 
Bought in Leadenhall Market, perhaps at the same time as those above 
entered (§ 5310), but perhaps a year or two later. | 
[§ 5313. Four.—Kapelle, 24 May, 1856. “J.B.” From 
Mr. J. Baker. 
Marked as coming from one nest taken by Mr. Baker himself. | 
[§ 5314. S’2—Holland, 1856. From Mr. Sealy, 1893. 
Obtained by Mr. Baker and probably at the same place as the last. | 
[§ 5315. Two.—Holland. From Mr. J. Baker, before 1862. ] 
[§ 5316. Oxe.— South Russia.” From Herr A. Heinke,. of 
Kamuschin, through Dr. Giinther, 1862. ] 
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[§ 5317. One.—From the late Mr. Yarrell’s Collection, 1856. 
Inscribed by Mr. Yarrell “ Ardea caspica.” Writing in 1840 he says (Brit. 
Birds, ed. 1, ii. p. 452) that eggs of this species were not unfrequently sent to 
the London market from Holland. } 
[§ 5318. Fowr—Sunja, Croatia, 28 May, 1902. “HH. E. D.” 
From Mr. Dresser. 
In the account of his bird-nesting excursion in this year which he published 
in ‘The Field’ newspaper of 7 February, 1903 (p. 222), Mr. Dresser only 
states of these that the men he was with “ took us to a large colony of Purple 
Herons, where I examined many nests, and took several clutches of fresh eggs. 
The nests were built of sticks and flags, and were placed in bushes standing in 
the water at about a foot above the surface.’’| 
