EGGS OF SOMERSETSHIRE BIRDS. 149 
List of Birda’ Coga fund in Sumeractshiee, 
WITH OBSERVATIONS. 
BY MR. W. D. CROTCH. 
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RAPTORES. 
FALCONIDAE. FALCO. 
1.—Falco subbuteo.— Hobby. 
Eggs of this species are rare in collections, and I am not 
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aware of any other specimen, besides the one in my 
possession, having been obtained in this county; 
the egg is of a short oval form, l inch 8 lines in 
length, by 1 inch 5 lines in breadth, in colour a deep 
reddish brown, speckled with darker brown. My 
own specimen I obtained on the Steep Holmes in 
the Bristol Channel, on May 11th, 1849. 
2.—F. tinnunculus.— Kesirel. 
poor persecuted bird still continues to supply the de- 
mand for eggs and skins, so unrelentingly imposed 
upon it, and in return for this unholy persecution does 
gamekeepers and farmers all the good in its power 
by .devouring mice, rats, weasels, &c. in immense 
numbers; its eggs are very variable, but commonly 
ofa pale brown, freckled and blotched with darker 
