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entirely white. N. Rowe, Esq., of Worcester College, Oxford, has 

 written me word of five eggs found in the elegant gardens of that, 

 my own, college, whose ' classic shades' I so well remember, and wl\ich 

 were quite white and spotless. He also tells me since of a nest and 

 eggs taken near Exeter on New Year's Day, 1853. My friend E. C. 

 Taylor, Esq., of Kirkham Abbey, Yorkshire, has forwarded me one of. 

 the like colour, found in a nest in that beautiful neighbourhood, my 

 own, as I may call it, through the tie of property and former residence. 



One is greyish white, spotted with yellowish red, and brownish red, 

 with which the base is much covered. 



A second is greyish white, spotted with light rust red, but most so 

 at the thicker end. 



A third is greyish, with light yellowish red spots all over, run 

 together at the base. 



