181 Letters, Extracts, and Notes. [Ibis, 



Mr. Abel Chapman also forwarded for exhibition the eggs 

 described in * Wild Norway,' p. 107. 



Mr. Percy F. Bunyard exhibited the following erythristic 

 eggs from his collection : — 



British Jay (Garrulus glandarius rujitergum). A clutch of 

 6 from Nortliants, with minute reddish-brown markings on 

 a white ground ; a similar clutch of 4 from the New Forest. 

 --British Birds, vii. p. 247 ; Bull. B. 0. C. xxxiii. p. 70. 



Greenfinch [Chloris chluris). A clutch of 5 from Gloucester- 

 shire, with rose-pink markings on a pure white ground. 

 —British Birds, vii. p. 217. 



Hawfinch [Coccothraustes coccothraustes^. A clutch of 5 

 from Kent/creamy-white ground, richly blotched and vein- 

 marked reddish brown ; underlying markings lead-grey. — 

 British Birds, vii. p. 247 ; one e^^^ is figured in Dresser's 

 ' Eggs of the Birds of Europe ' ; Bull. B. O. C. xxiii. p. 24. 



British Bullfinch (^Pyrrhula p. pUeata). A clutch of 5 

 from Northants, and a clutch of 4 from Surrey, pure white 

 ground, faintly marked with pale red ; a clutch of 6 from 

 Surrey, and a clutch of 6 from Kent, apparently in the 

 transition stage, being only very faintly tinged greenish- 

 blue— British Birds, vii. p.'248; Bull. B. O. C. xxiii. p. 24, 

 xxvii. p. 49. 



Crossbill {Loxia curvirostra). A clutch of .5 from Suffolk, 

 with pure white ground, faintly marked pale red. — British 

 Birds, vii. p. 218; Bull. B. O. C. xxxi. p. 20. 



Corn Bunting [Emberiza calandra). A clutch of 4 pure 

 white eggs, without markings, Suffolk; also a clutch of 5 

 from Suffolk, with greyish-white ground, with conspicuous 

 underlying grey markings. — Bull. B. O. C. xxv. p. 14. 



Yellow Hammer (^Emberiza citrinelld). A clutch of 5 

 from the Continent, exceptionally reddish in appearance, 

 with a total absence of any greenish tinge usually found in 

 the eggs of the species. — Bull. B. O. C. xxix. p. 87. 



Skylark (Alauda arvensis). A clutch of 4 from Orkney, 

 only three of Avhich show true erythrism ; the fourth is 

 almost normal in appearance, but is tinged with red, sug- 

 gesting that erythrism with some species is a transition 



