APPENDIX: NOS. XXXIX.—XL. 4I 
Posterior Extremity. 
QnA siietsagn sachets dew de estas 7 inch 
Tibia Steen sete a cee oee oats 13 
Boot) <20sa osetia eee 3s 
SPUN A sworaucrsvaleniere vel aetielererets = 
The five digits, of nearly equal length, are each tipped with a 
strongly hooked claw. There are nine caudal vertebre. 
3 Roxburgh Terrace, Edinburgh, 
May 1850. 
XL. 
Eaes or tHE Repwine [ Tvrpvs r14cus]. 
[‘ Zoologist,’ ix. (1851) pp. 2983, 2984.] 
THERE are enquiries on this subject in the ‘ Zoologist ? for 1848 and 
1850 (Zool. 2141 and 2948), the former of which I might have 
_ answered through its pages, had I not hoped that some one would 
have done so who had more conclusive evidence than I had to offer. 
I have in my own collection, eggs of the Redwing from three or 
four distinct sources. Two of the earlier sets came from Scandi- 
navia, and one is of the same lot as those figured by Mr. Hewitson, 
having been brought over by Mr. Dann. Others which I have, 
Mr. Proctor has received from Iceland since his visit to that country. 
Besides these, I have from Iceland, eggs brought over three years 
ago by a much valued correspondent of the ‘ Zoologist? [Mr. Henry 
Milner]; and though, I believe, he did not take them himself, he had 
not a shadow of a doubt of their genuineness. All these eggs agreed, 
in being less than the ordinary eggs of the Blackbird, but in other 
respects being just like them, and subject to similar variations. 
I have within the last few days seen eggs from two nests of the 
Redwing, taken by a friend ‘of mine [Mr. Lawrence Heyworth] in 
Sweden, last June or July, and these too have a similar appearance 
to the rest. One of the nests was placed amongst the roots of an 
overthrown tree, and the other was in alow bush. I trust this weight 
of evidence, all from sources worthy of the highest confidence, will 
be allowed to settle the question of the general character of the egg 
of the Redwing. 
Roxburgh Terrace, Edinburgh, 
November 1850. 
