shape, size, and colour, even in the same clutch. Some have the ground-colour 

 a rich green, on others it is a pale blue, almost white, while a few have a 

 pale buff tint. The surface-markings are greenish-brown of varying intensity, 

 sometimes varied by a few almost black spots or scrawls, and many specimens 

 have pale violet-grey underlying markings. On some eggs the markings are 

 collected at one end ; on others they are so numerous as to entirely conceal 

 the ground-colour, and are evenly distributed over the entire surface of the 

 shell. They vary in length from 1-85 to i'55 inch, and in breadth from i'2o 

 to ro inch. Very small eggs are frequently found; these are sometimes not 

 much larger than Robins' eggs. 



