EGGS OF SOMERSETSHIRE BIRDS. 169 
PERDIX. 
81.—Perdix cinerea.— Common Partridge. 
Eggs of a uniform olive brown, 1 inch 5 lines by 1 inch $ line. 
82—P. rubra.— Red.-legged Partridge. 
Eggs of a yellowish white, spotted and speckled with red- 
dish brown, 1 inch 73 lines by 1 inch 3 lines. 
COTURNIX. 
83.— Cotumix dactylisonans.— Common Quail. 
Eggs from seven to twelve innumber; ofa yellowish white, 
blotched and speckled with umber brown. 
GRALLATORES. 
CHARADRIIDAE. CHARADRIUS. 
84.—Charadrius hiaticula.— Ringed Plover. 
This bird deposits its eggs on the bare shingle on our coasts, 
from which, owing to their peculiar colour, it is ex- 
tremely diffieult to distinguish them; they are of a 
pale cream colour, spotted with ash blue and black, 
l inch 5 lines by 13 inch. 
VANELLUS. 
85.— Vanellus cristatus.— Lapwing. 
Eggs four, ground colour olive, spotted and blotched with 
blackish brown, 1 inch 11 lines by 1 inch 4 lines. 
HCEMATOPUS,. 
86.— Hoematopus ostralegus.— Oyster-catcher or 
Sea Pie. 
Eggs of a yellowish stone colour, spotted with ash grey 
and dark brown, 2 inches 2 lines by 1 inch 6 lines. 
ARDEIDAE. ARDEA. 
87.—Ardea cinerea.— Common Heron. 
There are, I believe, two heronries in this county, one at 
Brockley Woods, and the other at Pieton. The eggs 
are of a uniform sea green, 2 inches 3 lines by 1 inch 
9 lines, u 
